Lynwood, Albany House, Westford House, Longras And Innisidgen And Attached Walls

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 29/11/2012

SV9010 1358-0/8/49 12/02/75

ST. MARY'S CHURCH STREET, Hugh Town (South side) Lynwood,Albany House,Westford House, Longras and Innisidgen and attached walls

(Formerly Listed as CHURCH STREET, Hugh Town (South side) Lynwood, Albany House, Westford House, Longras and Innisidgen)

GV II

Terrace of five houses.Early C19. Rendered granite rubble; half-hipped slate roofs and brick stacks. Double-depth plan with side-entry and rear stair hall to each house. 3 storeys; symmetrical 10-window range, of 2-window range to each house. Concave-chamfered granite eaves cornice. 8-fielded-panelled doors with fanlight to Albany House and rectangular overlights to Lynwood, mid C20 replacement door-with similar fanlight to Longras, similar early C19 door with 4 panels replaced by glazing to Westwood House and similar early C19 door with 2 panels replaced by glazing to Innisidgen. 6/6-pane sashes to ground and first floors and 3/6-pane sashes to second floor, except early/mid C19 canted oriel window with 4/20/4-pane sashes and moulded cornice to Lynwood and first-floor bay window to Westford House with 4/20/4-pane sashes. Interior: Westwood has panelled doors set in moulded architraves, open-well staircase with wreathed handrail and enriched cornice with palmettes etc. to first-floor front room.Other houses said to have similar staircases and other features. Subsidiary features: coursed and dressed granite forecourt walls with segmental coping to Albany House, Westford House and Longras; similar low walls to Lynwood surmounted by spear-headed railings with terminal urn finials.

Listing NGR: SV9047710513