5, 6 And 7, Prince'S Street

TRURO

SW8244NE PRINCE'S STREET 880-1/7/214 (North side) 29/12/50 Nos.5, 6 AND 7

GV II

Three town houses, now 2 shops and an office. Early/mid C18. Nos 5 & 6 (left) have upper floor of slatehanging on studwork, No.7 is stuccoed on masonry to ground floor (front) and on studwork above, steep dry Delabole slate roofs with deep eaves over wooden modillioned and moulded cornice and 5 gabled slate-hung dormers including 2 dormers to No.7 with pediments and 2 more to its hipped return; brick axial stack between Nos 6 & 7. Double-depth plan on tapered site between Quay Street and Prince's Street. 2 storeys plus attics; overall 6-window range. No.5 has 2 late C19 horned sashes over early C20 shop front with consoles and moulded fascia. No.6 has 3 similar sashes over C20 double shop front flanking central doorway surmounted by a pedimented hood. Symmetrical 1-window front of No.7 has plinth, stucco quoins; central early C19 tripartite hornless sash with glazing bars over original wooden Roman Ionic doorway, with full entablature to hood, linked to moulded wooden string cornice over flanking late C19 horned sashes. Similar sashes to symmetrical 3-window front of right-hand return. Stair hall overlooks small courtyard and has 2 original windows: a 2-light casement and a fixed light both with heavy glazing bars. INTERIOR: No.7 has virtually complete good quality interior with panelled doors, fielded dado panelling and moulded ceiling cornices to principal rooms; front chamber has eared chimney piece with overmantel with scrolled head and ceiling with round central panel and square corner panels and there is a dogleg stair with turned balusters.

Listing NGR: SW8276244811