Numbers 10-14 And Attached Forecourt Walls And Railings

Numbers 10-14 and their attached forecourt walls and railings are a half-pair and two pairs of houses built around 1829, likely designed by John Foulston. They form part of a planned street on the Hoe in Plymouth. The construction is stucco over probable rubble, with dry slate and asbestos slate roofs concealed behind parapets. These parapets feature a moulded cornice and segmental-roofed attic dormers, except for numbers 10 and 14 which have later dormers. Brick end stacks are also present.

The houses originally followed a double-depth plan with rear service wings. The two-storey facades, originally ten windows wide, showcase various original stucco details. These include channelled rustication to the ground floor of numbers 10 and 12, recessed segmental-arched panels to each ground-floor bay, and moulded first-floor architraves on numbers 10, 11 and 14. Sill strings run across all windows. While most windows are replacements from the late 20th century, number 11 retains an original 16-pane hornless sash window in the basement. Numbers 11 and 12 retain their original pilastered porch with a segmental-arched pediment featuring a central wreath, while numbers 13 and 14 only have remnants of their pediment, the rest being a 20th-century replacement. The interiors remain uninspected, but may contain original features of interest.

The forecourt walls are topped by wrought-iron railings with arrowhead finials and stanchions, some featuring urn finials. Despite damage from the Blitz, the street remains a good example of early 19th-century house design and is part of an important planned group on the Hoe.