No 31 And Attached Rear Boundary Railings

DARTMOUTH

SX874510 CLARENCE HILL 673-1/8/74 (South side) 23/10/72 No.31 and attached rear boundary railings (Formerly Listed as: CLARENCE HILL Nos.27-35 (Odd))

GV II

House. c1840-50. Stucco on stone rubble; end stacks have plastered brick chimneyshafts with old pots; slate roof. PLAN: Double-depth plan, one room wide. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; 2-window front in a restrained Domestic Tudor style. Doorway to right has stucco Tuscan doorcase; flat pilasters with moulded entablature on shallow console brackets. Doorway is recessed up a couple of stone steps, and contains original good panelled door; upper fielded panels (top 2 now glazed) and bottom panels have vertical mouldings, narrow plain overlight above. Windows, with Tudor-style hoodmoulds and blocks under the sills, contain horned 12-pane sashes. Replacement moulded timber eaves cornice. Parallel roof between adjoining properties. C20 flat-roofed dormers front and back. Plaster rear elevation is missing its original stucco detail, see No.29 (qv). 2-bay arcade to basement, with central circular column with moulded capital, now filled with C20 windows. Tall 12-pane sashes (unusual horizontal glazing pattern, only 2 panes wide) to ground floor and replacement sashes without glazing bars to the first floor. Probably replacement timber eaves cornice. INTERIOR: not inspected but likely to be of interest. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: stone revetment wall above Browns Hill surmounted by original cast-iron spear-headed railings. Part of a prominent terrace overlooking the town.

Listing NGR: SX8759751483