Mount Wise House is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1975. House. 4 related planning applications.
Mount Wise House
- WRENN ID
- far-wicket-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Plymouth
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 May 1975
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
PLYMOUTH
SX4554 MOUNT WISE, Devonport 740-1/54/161 Mount Wise House 01/05/75
GV II
House. 1808-10. Stucco with stucco detail; dry slate hipped roof behind stucco parapet with moulded cornice. Large square plan with 2 rooms at the front flanking a central entrance hall. 3 storeys; nearly symmetrical 6-window front with doorway to 3rd from left bay. Original or copy hornless sashes with glazing bars. Stucco detail includes: channelled rustication to ground floor with impost string to wide segmental arches with recessed windows; sill bands and moulded hoods on consoles to 1st floor. Later open cast-iron and glazed port-cochere with ornate spandrels. Similar general detail to 5-window left-hand return which is possibly the original front (facing George Street). INTERIOR: not inspected but likely to be of interest. Built as officers' accommodation for the naval base. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 676 & 677; PSA Historic Buildings Register: DOE: Southern England (Devon South West): 89).
Listing NGR: SX4566554227
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