Beaumont House

PLYMOUTH

SX4854 740-1/58/351 01/05/75

BEAUMONT ROAD, Plymouth (North side) Beaumont House (Formerly Listed as: BEAUMONT PARK, Plymouth Beaumont House (Central Chest Clinic))

GV II

Country house. C18, remodelled and extended early C19 and late C20. Stucco with stucco detail; dry slate roofs, the roof of the original house steep and with rendered end stacks, the other roofs hipped and behind parapets; 5 roof dormers with hornless sashes with glazing bars. PLAN: overall H-shaped plan with original double-depth-plan house to centre and flanking early C19 cross wing on the right and C20 pastiche cross wing on the left. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys plus attics plus 2-storey-plus-attic wings; 2:5:3-window front. Original house with symmetrical 5-window front to centre with mid-floor string above ground floor and moulded architraves to hornless sashes with glazing bars; central distyle Tuscan porch and doorway with overlight and pair of panelled doors. Flanking wings have quoin strips dividing bays and similar sashes within moulded architraves and sills on brackets. Rear of original house has original or early C19 sashes with glazing bars and 2 original Venetian windows. Right-hand return is a symmetrical 5-window front with central enclosed porch with panelled pilasters and dentilled cornice; round-arched doorway with fanlight; mid-floor string and windows like those of the main front. INTERIOR: not inspected but likely to be of interest.

Listing NGR: SX4855254689