2 and 4, Ford Park
2 and 4, Ford Park, Plymouth, PL4 6RP
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1244522
- Date first listed:
- 09-Nov-1998
- List Entry Name:
- 2 and 4, Ford Park
- Statutory Address:
- 2 and 4, Ford Park, Plymouth, PL4 6RP
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1244522
- Date first listed:
- 09-Nov-1998
- List Entry Name:
- 2 and 4, Ford Park
- Statutory Address 1:
- 2 and 4, Ford Park, Plymouth, PL4 6RP
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:
- 2 and 4, Ford Park, Plymouth, PL4 6RP
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 48287 55855
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 22/02/2018
SX4855
740-1/43/244
PLYMOUTH
FORD PARK
Nos. 2 and 4
(Formerly listed as Colson House Nos.1 and 2)
GV
II
Pair of villas in planned group, now part of Plymouth College. c1850s-60s, probably by George Wightwick. Stucco; dry slate roof behind balustraded parapet projecting over modillion cornice; stuccoed end and axial stacks with moulded cornices. Italianate style. Articulated double-depth plan.
Two storeys over basement; pair of symmetrical three-bay fronts with projecting central entrance bays. Late C19 horned sashes, most in openings with moulded architraves. Moulded mid-floor string breaks forward to become a heavier moulded cornice of porch entablature over pilasters with alternate vermiculated and plain rustication; overlights and panelled doors. Ground-floor windows are tripartite and have moulded hoods.
INTERIOR: not inspected but likely to be of interest.
Part of a "well-preserved L-shaped layout of particularly lavish mid C19 villas with very busy Italianate stucco detail" (Pevsner).
Listing NGR: SX4828755855
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 473383
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Devon, (1989), 669
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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