Lima And Attached Forecourt Walls And Railings

This is a pair of mid-19th century houses situated at the end of a terrace and on a corner plot on Citadel Road, Hoe, Plymouth. They are located on a double-depth corner site, with the left-hand house (number 272) having its entrance in Holyrood Place.

The houses are constructed of stucco, with an asbestos slate roof concealed behind a parapet. The parapet features a heavy moulded cornice with modillions, and contains two roof dormers and a central axial stack heightened with brick. The front facing Citadel Road has a slightly asymmetrical four-window facade, with the doorway for number 268 positioned slightly right of centre. The original windows are 12-pane hornless sashes, with a later four-pane horned sash to the ground floor of the left-hand return. Architectural details include sill strings and moulded architraves; those to the first-floor windows have moulded cornice hoods, while the second-floor windows are shorter. The houses feature well-crafted panelled, pilastered and pedimented porches with modillion cornices. Number 268 has a pair of glazed doors with fielded bottom panels, and number 272 retains its original six-panel door, both with glazed overlights.

The interior has not been inspected, but is likely to retain original features.

The forecourt has a low freestone plinth supporting wrought-iron railings with spearhead finials, turned cast-iron stanchions with acorn finials, and newels with anthemion heads. The houses are included as part of a planned group of terraces and villas designed by Foulston and his pupil Wightwick on the Hoe, a scheme that was significant in early to mid-19th century town planning.