Thomas Luny House, Attached Walls And Gateway

TEIGNMOUTH

SX9372 TEIGN STREET 25-1/6/217 (South side) 30/06/49 Thomas Luny House, attached walls and gateway (Formerly Listed as: TEIGN STREET (South side) Holiday Inn Hotel) (Formerly Listed as: TEIGN STREET (South side) Gateway to Holiday Inn Hotel)

GV II

Formerly known as: Meadcombe TEIGN STREET. House. Early C19. Painted stucco, slate roof with a C20 central dormer, rendered stacks to gable ends. Double depth plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range. Moulded architraves and bracketed sills to windows. A substantial enclosed porch with a moulded semi-elliptical arch to the front, panelled pilasters, cornice and balustraded parapet, has semicircular recesses to the returns and similar recesses with moulded arches and bracketed sills to the interior. Above the porch is a 6/6-pane sash window flanked by 8/8-pane sashes. Similar windows to the ground floor have 4 vertical panes to each sash. INTERIOR: recently restored, an original semi-elliptical arch with reeded pilasters remains to the hall and C19 swept mahogany handrail over C20 balusters to the stairs. The rooms to the right are separated by C19 8-panel double doors in a moulded architrave, and the front room has semicircular-arched recceses flanking the C20 fireplace. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: a coped rubblestone wall approx 5m high is attached to the front left corner and extends northwards toward the street for approx 30m where it fronts the garden for approx 12m. The street side of the wall is painted roughcast. Large piers with plinths and cornices support a shallow semi-elliptical arch to the carriage entrance which has a panelled soffit and vermiculated rustication to a large keystone. The gateway was listed on 29.07.1983. HISTORICAL NOTE: built for Thomas Luny, marine artist. His tomb stands to the north of the Church of St James (qv), Exeter Street.

Listing NGR: SX9388872894