Health Offices
HEALTH OFFICES, MARKET STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1280143
- Date first listed:
- 27-Feb-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Health Offices
- Statutory Address:
- HEALTH OFFICES, MARKET STREET
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- Date:
- 2001-09-23
- Reference:
- IOE01/04433/29
- Rights:
- © Mr Bryon J. Mason. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1280143
- Date first listed:
- 27-Feb-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Health Offices
- Statutory Address 1:
- HEALTH OFFICES, MARKET 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:
- HEALTH OFFICES, MARKET STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Launceston
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 33253 84648
Details
LAUNCESTON
SX32843384 MARKET STREET 660-1/4/96 (North side) 27/02/50 Health Offices
GV II
Formerly known as: The Vicarage CHURCH STREET. Rectory, now offices. C18 and later extensions. Rendered street front, sides and part of rear, otherwise rubble with flat dressed stone arches and some slatehanging; rag slate hipped roofs and 2 gables onto street, some late C19 crested clay ridge tiles; large rendered axial stack with diagonally-set shaft. Fairly large complex plan: C18 range on the right; mid C19 range on the left. 2-storey, 5-bay street front range; 2-storey remains of original front at rear and 3-storey 2-window range on its right. Street front has projecting C19 or C19 remodelled wing on the left, then a small gable over a 1-window range and a wide gable over a symmetrical 3-window front with blind central window over doorway with moulded architrave and hoods with consoles; panelled reveals, panelled door and portcullis-like overlight; C18 twelve-pane hornless sashes with thick glazing bars; mid C19 twelve-pane hornless sashes flanking door; later horned sashes on left. Left-hand return (facing churchyard) has Gothic style features: pointed 4-pane light over 4-centred-arched doorway, with top-glazed door, and similar arched 2-light window on the right both with Y-traceried heads. Rear has ramped pediment over 3-window range on the left with original 18-pane sashes with thick glazing bars to ground floor, 1st floor middle and lower sash of 1st floor right; 1st floor left enlarged to create doorway mid C20, approached by steel fire escape. Later range on the right has mid C19 twelve-pane hornless sashes except for late C19 four-pane horned sash to 2nd floor left and 2-pane fixed light to centre of ground floor. INTERIOR not inspected but likely to be of interest.
Listing NGR: SX3325384648
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 370032
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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