140, Vauxhall Street is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 November 1998. Mortuary. 4 related planning applications.
140, Vauxhall Street
- WRENN ID
- keen-porch-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Plymouth
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 November 1998
- Type
- Mortuary
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
PLYMOUTH
SX4854SW VAUXHALL STREET, Barbican 740-1/62/103 (East side) No.140
GV II
Mortuary, now a shop. Late C19. Plymouth limestone brought to course and freestone dressings; dry slate roof, hipped on the right. Rectangular plan. Single storey; 3-bay front with central pedimented bay broken forward. Plinth, transom string, parapet entablature surmounted by turned balustrade and frieze under pediment inscribed DE MORTUIS NIL NISI BONUM. The coped pediment has central acroterion with acanthus and flanking acroteria with turned finials, the left-hand finial with the ball missing; central coat of arms and. Large central tripartite window with column mullions with carved capitals; doorway with nook shafts to left-hand bay and narrow moulded transomed window to right-hand bay. INTERIOR: not inspected. A fine quality stone facade; group value with the former Plymouth Corporation housing to the north. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 663).
Listing NGR: SX4826154442
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