This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.
HELSTON
SW6427 CROSS STREET 631-1/4/97 (North side) 24/03/50 No.1 with attached forecourt walls and attached garden walls
GV II*
Includes: No.50 CHURCH STREET. Town house. Early C18, front remodelled early C19. Stucco on rubble with basement as plinth; mid-floor band with laced strapwork and parapet cornice with egg and dart; steep dry slate and scantle slate roofs with brick end stacks (parallel roofs of unequal height with central valley). Overall L-shaped plan including service wing at right-angles on right incorporating No.50 Church Street. 2 storeys over basement; symmetrical 5-window front. Early C19 twelve-pane hornless sashes over original 2-light stuccoed chamfered granite mullioned windows to basement. Central doorway with early C20 pair of panelled and leaded glazed doors; distyle Doric porch with fluted columns and entablature with triglyphs. Rear has some original sashes with thick glazing bars including stair window. INTERIOR: retains most of its original or C18 features including: open-well staircase with turned balusters and panelled newels; left-hand parlour has bolection-moulded panelling and chimney-piece with C18 painting of ships to overmantel painting (a particularly notable feature). Right-hand parlour has fielded panelling; moulded ceiling cornices; panelled doors and moulded doorcases; larger 1st-floor chamber has ovolo-moulded panelling. Subsidiary features: low granite ashlar forecourt wall parallel to front with C18 or early C19 wrought-iron gateway with open gate piers with spiral decoration and turned finials and gate with arrow-head finials. Tall rubble garden wall with scantle slate coping and red clay ridge tile including many C17 crested tiles. No.50 Church Street listed 22.5.72.
Listing NGR: SW6583527674
This is part of the Series: IOE01/2003 IOE Records taken by George A Taylor; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England
© Mr George A. Taylor. Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Taylor, George A.
Rights Holder: Taylor, George A.
Rubble, Slate, Stucco, Wrought Iron, Stuart Town House, Georgian Domestic, House, Dwelling, Gate, Unassigned, Service Wing, Forecourt, Wall, Monument (By Form), Barrier, Garden Wall, Gardens Parks And Urban Spaces
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