The Rectory
THE RECTORY, 9, FORE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1244424
- Date first listed:
- 23-Apr-1952
- List Entry Name:
- The Rectory
- Statutory Address:
- THE RECTORY, 9, FORE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1244424
- Date first listed:
- 23-Apr-1952
- List Entry Name:
- The Rectory
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE RECTORY, 9, FORE 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:
- THE RECTORY, 9, FORE 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 54543 55671
Details
PLYMOUTH
SX5455NE FORE STREET, Plympton St Maurice 740-1/50/470 (South side) 23/04/52 No.9 The Rectory
GV II*
Town house. Mid C18. Incised stucco on probable rubble to front with plinth and moulded mid-floor string and 1st-floor sill string; slatehanging to upper part of right-hand return; very steep dry slate roof with sprocketed eaves over a moulded and modillion cornice; brick end stacks. Single-depth plan plus late C19 wing at right angles to rear right of centre. 2 storeys; symmetrical 7-window front. Original 12-pane hornless sashes with thick glazing bars; moulded 1st-floor sills over carved aprons with swags. Central pilastered doorway with central break to moulded entablature, panelled reveals with fielded panels and similar door with later glazed top panels. Rear wing has stone mullion bay window. INTERIOR: not inspected but former list description notes: good staircase with open string, turned balusters, moulded handrail and panelled dado. Panelled dado in hall, 2 ground-floor rooms with dentilled cornices and panelled dados. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 684).
Listing NGR: SX5430655799
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 473395
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Devon, (1989), 684
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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