The Birdcage

Date:
1 Nov 2004
Location:
The Birdcage, 11 Rose Hill, St Endellion, North Cornwall, Cornwall, PL29 3RL
Reference:
IOE01/13574/19
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

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

SW 98 SE ST ENDELLION ROSE HILL, (north side), Port Isaac 9/124 No 11 (The Birdcage) 6.6.69 GV II House. Circa early to mid C19. Built by Valentine Powell Richards. Rendered and painted stone rubble, partly slate-hung above ground floor with thicker stone rubble walls on the more exposed seaward sides. Slate polygonal hipped roof.

1-room polyogonal plan with sides of unequal length.

3 storeys with C20 plank door on east and windows on west overlooking harbour with replacement sash and small casement on ground floor, 12-pane horned sash on first and C19 3/6-hornless sash on third.

Interior with unmoulded C19 ceiling beams, C20 chimney-piece to blocked fireplace on ground floor and narrow softwood C19 stair.

The Birdcage is a rare survival of an unaltered 1-room plan. 3 storey detached house.

Penna, R. A Walk Through Port Isaac 1984.

Listing NGR: SW9970380800

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1400 IOE Records taken by Jeremy Miners; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Jeremy Miners. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Miners, Jeremy

Rights Holder: Miners, Jeremy

Keywords

Render, Rubble, Slate, Stone, Georgian Detached House, Victorian Monument (By Form), House, Domestic, Dwelling