Alma And Attached Boundary Wall And Gateway Adjoining To South

DARTMOUTH

SX874510 BROWNS HILL 673-1/8/50 (South West side) 20/11/91 No.19 Alma and attached boundary wall and gateway adjoining to south

GV II

House. Early C19 with minor subsequent modernisation. Plastered walls, mostly stone rubble but timber-framed stair turret; end and axial stacks with plastered brick chimneyshafts and old pots; slate roof. PLAN: Single-depth plan on a wedge-shaped site, 3 rooms wide. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attic. Nearly-symmetrical 4-window garden front. Plastered front lightly blocked out as ashlar with stucco quoins. Approach through right (east) boundary wall to full-width verandah; 4 bays with half bays each end, supported on iron columns with scrolled brackets and some front iron railings to front of right end. Both front doorways contain original 6-panel doors, but main door (left of centre) is round-headed with a radial pattern of glazing bars, a margin of zig-zag pattern and incorporating orange glass. 12-pane sashes to ground floor and secondary French windows to right end room. First floor has central tall 12-pane sashes with original ornamental cast-iron balconies, flanked by secondary canted bays containing front horned 4-pane sashes. Original 3/6-pane sashes to the second floor. Deep eaves on shaped timber brackets to parallel roof, hipped each end. More horned 4-pane sashes on right end. Rear stair block has a round-headed window with glazing bars below a 16-pane sash to the top landing. INTERIOR: Well-preserved with a good deal of original detail including a geometric stick-baluster stair, chimneypieces, panelled doors and moulded plaster cornices. BOUNDARY WALL AND GATEWAY: Garden eastern boundary has a tall plastered stone wall containing an elegant doorway onto the verandah; projecting flat stucco surround with moulded entablature and pediment on console brackets, and containing a door of 2 vertical round-headed panels.

Listing NGR: SX8757351470