Numbers 9 And 11 And Attached Forecourt Walls And Railings

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

PLYMOUTH

SX4754 HOLYROOD PLACE, Hoe 740-1/57/278 (East side) Nos.9 AND 11 and attached forecourt walls and railings

GV II

Pair of houses in planned terrace. Mid-late C19. Stucco with stucco detail; asbestos slate roof with projecting eaves; 2 attic dormers; deep stuccoed end stacks. Double-depth-plan mirror-image pair, each with 1 room at the front. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys plus attic over basement; symmetrical 4-window front. Original hornless tripartite sash with glazing bars and consoles to ground floor of No.9 (left), otherwise C20 windows; No.11 with original 3/6-pane hornless sashes to 2nd floor, otherwise later horned sashes including tripartite sash to ground floor. Stucco detail includes: channelled rustication to ground floor with keyed segmental arches to windows and central pair of pilastered doorways under keyed round arches; sill strings; pilasters and moulded hoods to 1st-floor openings; moulded architraves and flanking bolection-moulded panels to 2nd floor, and large console to stepped eaves on the left. Doorways have plain fanlights and panelled door to No.11. INTERIOR: not inspected but likely to be of interest. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: forecourt walls and entrance bridge surmounted by cast-iron railings with roundel frieze and spear-head finials. Included for group value as part of an important group of terraces and villas by Foulston and his pupil Wightwick on the Hoe, a scheme which placed Plymouth in the forefront of town planning in the early/mid C19.





Listing NGR: SX4757854002

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE\Hiscock_Derek IOE Records for Hiscock, Derek; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

Copyright IoE Mr Derek Hiscock. Source Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project