No 24 and Attached Forecourt Railings
NO 24 AND ATTACHED FORECOURT RAILINGS, 24, LEMON STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1201480
- Date first listed:
- 29-Dec-1950
- List Entry Name:
- No 24 and Attached Forecourt Railings
- Statutory Address:
- NO 24 AND ATTACHED FORECOURT RAILINGS, 24, LEMON STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1201480
- Date first listed:
- 29-Dec-1950
- List Entry Name:
- No 24 and Attached Forecourt Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- NO 24 AND ATTACHED FORECOURT RAILINGS, 24, LEMON STREET
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.
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:
- NO 24 AND ATTACHED FORECOURT RAILINGS, 24, LEMON STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Truro
- National Grid Reference:
- SW 82579 44645
Details
TRURO
SW8244NE LEMON STREET 880-1/7/133 (East side) 29/12/50 No.24 and attached forecourt railings
GV II
Town house, now office. c1803. By Richard Arthur, builder and lessee. Granite ashlar basement, local freestone ashlar above and asbestos slate roof with 2 hipped roof dormers behind parapet and brick end stacks. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys plus later attic over basement; 2-window-range front. Round-headed doorcase with fluted pilasters and open pediment, on the left; panelled reveals, 6-panel door and spoked fanlight; mid-floor string course, moulded parapet cornice and early C19 hornless sashes with glazing bars under flat arches with projecting key blocks. Straight joints flanking wider ground-floor window and to left of window above and surviving voussoirs show that both openings have been reduced in size. INTERIOR not inspected but likely to be of interest. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: original latticed wrought-iron railings flank entrance bridge and stand over forecourt wall which adjoins granite steps down to the basement. (The Truro Buildings Research Group: Lemon Street and its Neighbourhood: Truro: 1980-).
Listing NGR: SW8257944645
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 377448
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Lemon Street and its Neighbourhood, (1980)
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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