Nos 28 and 29 and Attached Forecourt Railings
NOS 28 AND 29 AND ATTACHED FORECOURT RAILINGS, 28 AND 29, LEMON STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1205612
- Date first listed:
- 29-Dec-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Nos 28 and 29 and Attached Forecourt Railings
- Statutory Address:
- NOS 28 AND 29 AND ATTACHED FORECOURT RAILINGS, 28 AND 29, LEMON STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1205612
- Date first listed:
- 29-Dec-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Nos 28 and 29 and Attached Forecourt Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- NOS 28 AND 29 AND ATTACHED FORECOURT RAILINGS, 28 AND 29, 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:
- NOS 28 AND 29 AND ATTACHED FORECOURT RAILINGS, 28 AND 29, 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 82554 44618
Details
TRURO
SW8244NE LEMON STREET 880-1/7/137 (East side) 29/12/50 Nos.28 AND 29 and attached forecourt railings
GV II
Pair of town houses, now offices. c1810. Granite ashlar basement, otherwise coursed local stone with some granite dressings and stuccoed parapet; natural slate roof with brick end stacks on the left, rendered chimney on the right. Double-depth-plan mirror-image pair. 2 storeys over basement; symmetrical 3-window front. Central pair of round-headed slightly projecting doorways with ashlar pilasters and a moulded hood linked to mid-floor string course, moulded parapet cornice; probably original hornless sashes with glazing bars under shallow segmental arches with projecting key blocks. INTERIOR not inspected but likely to be of interest. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: wrought-iron railings flank entrance bridge of steps and return over forecourt walls with steps down from either end. (The Truro Buildings Research Group: Lemon Street and its Neighbourhood: Truro: 1980-).
Listing NGR: SW8255444618
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 377452
- 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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