No 23 And Attached Forecourt Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1950. Town house. 3 related planning applications.
No 23 And Attached Forecourt Railings
- WRENN ID
- over-hearth-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1950
- Type
- Town house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TRURO
SW8244NE LEMON STREET 880-1/7/132 (East side) 29/12/50 No.23 and attached forecourt railings
GV II
Town house. c1808. By William Wood, architect and overseer of much of the development of Lemon Street. Granite ashlar basement, local freestone ashlar above with dry Delabole slate roof behind parapet and brick end stacks. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys plus C20 attic over basement; 2-window front. Round-headed doorway, on the left, with 6-panel door and spoked fanlight; first-floor sill string, moulded parapet cornice and possibly original hornless sashes with glazing bars under shallow segmental arches with projecting key blocks. INTERIOR: not inspected but likely to be of interest. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: original latticed wrought-iron railings, right of doorway and over forecourt walls which adjoin granite steps down to the basement. History: a house was first built on this site c1803, by Hitchens, which was destroyed by a storm of January 1804. (The Truro Buildings Research Group: Lemon Street and its Neighbourhood: Truro: 1980-).
Listing NGR: SW8258244650
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