St Maurice House

PLYMOUTH

SX5455NE CHURCH ROAD, Plympton St Maurice 740-1/50/458 (West side) 29/03/60 No.1 St Maurice House

GV II

Town house. Late C18. Render on probable studwork; dry slate hipped roof with 3 flat-roofed dormers with slate-hung cheeks; moulded eaves cornice. PLAN: double-depth plan with 2 unequal-sized front rooms flanking an entrance hall; 1st floor extended out on the left and carried on a 4-bay colonnade of square stone and brick columns so as to provide a covered walk over the pavement of Fore Street. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys plus attic; 5-window range. Original C19 12-pane hornless sashes with some crown glass, all within moulded architraves. Doorway towards right with pilasters and moulded hood on consoles; blind window above doorway. Left-hand return to Fore Street has moulded cornice to colonnade; 2 sashes to ground floor within the loggia and sash to 1st-floor left. INTERIOR: not inspected but former list description notes late C18 staircase with handrail ramped up to column newels and with stick balusters; panelled landing with round-arched panel to cupboard; 1st-floor room with chimneypiece with panelled overmantel and ground-floor room with elliptical-arched alcove and round-arched doorway. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 684).

Listing NGR: SX5452355689