Numbers 22-29 and Attached Forecourt Walls and Railings
NUMBERS 22-29 AND ATTACHED FORECOURT WALLS AND RAILINGS, 22-29, ATHENAEUM STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1129991
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Numbers 22-29 and Attached Forecourt Walls and Railings
- Statutory Address:
- NUMBERS 22-29 AND ATTACHED FORECOURT WALLS AND RAILINGS, 22-29, ATHENAEUM STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1129991
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-1954
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 09-Nov-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Numbers 22-29 and Attached Forecourt Walls and Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- NUMBERS 22-29 AND ATTACHED FORECOURT WALLS AND RAILINGS, 22-29, ATHENAEUM STREET
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- NUMBERS 22-29 AND ATTACHED FORECOURT WALLS AND RAILINGS, 22-29, ATHENAEUM STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Plymouth (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 47512 54156
Details
PLYMOUTH
SX4754 ATHENAEUM STREET, Hoe 740-1/57/258 (East side) 25/01/54 Nos.22-29 (Consecutive) and attached forecourt walls and railings (Formerly Listed as: ATHENAEUM STREET, Plymouth Nos.15-19, 22-30 AND 31)
GV II
4 pairs of houses in planned street. c1829, by John Foulston. Stucco, with stucco detail, on probable rubble; dry slate to No.23 (2nd from left), otherwise asbestos slate, the roofs behind parapet with entablature with moulded cornice; segmental-roofed attic dormers to Nos 24 and 27, otherwise modified or later dormers; brick end stacks. PLAN: double-depth plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys plus attic over basement; each pair of houses is a symmetrical 4-window front with centre broken forward. Original surviving stucco detail includes: channelled rustication to ground floor of Nos 24, 25 and 30, the others with impost string only, recessed panels to ground floor, sill strings, and moulded architraves to 1st floor of Nos 25-30. Original hornless sash, with some glazing bars missing, to No.24, otherwise C20 windows. INTERIOR: not inspected but may retain original features of interest. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: forecourt walls and bridges to entrances with wrought-iron railings with arrow-head finials and stanchions with flaming-urn finials; original iron gates with anthemion decoration to Nos 24-29. Although damaged during the Blitz, this street is still a good example of early C19 terraced house design and part of an important planned group on the Hoe. (Cox J and Thorp J (Keystone, Historic Buildings Consultants): Atheneum Street, Plymouth, Devon: K426 2; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 664).
Listing NGR: SX4752054191
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 473183
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Devon, (1989), 664
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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