Gate Piers, Walls and Attached Building to Devonport High School For Boys
GATE PIERS, WALLS AND ATTACHED BUILDING TO DEVONPORT HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS, PARADISE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1386311
- Date first listed:
- 09-Nov-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Gate Piers, Walls and Attached Building to Devonport High School For Boys
- Statutory Address:
- GATE PIERS, WALLS AND ATTACHED BUILDING TO DEVONPORT HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS, PARADISE ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1386311
- Date first listed:
- 09-Nov-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Gate Piers, Walls and Attached Building to Devonport High School For Boys
- Statutory Address 1:
- GATE PIERS, WALLS AND ATTACHED BUILDING TO DEVONPORT HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS, PARADISE ROAD
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:
- GATE PIERS, WALLS AND ATTACHED BUILDING TO DEVONPORT HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS, PARADISE ROAD
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 46259 54949
Details
PLYMOUTH
SX4654NW PARADISE ROAD, Stoke 740-1/55/679 (South side) Gate-piers, walls and attached building to Devonport High School for Boys
GV II
Gate-piers, road-frontage walls and attached building. Late C18 with mid-late C19 garden building. Coped Plymouth limestone rubble walls, granite ashlar square-on-plan gate-piers. Semi-circular-on-plan gateway for turning carriages, C19 gates. The wall extends along the north road frontage, and is returned for approx. 50m along north east side. The wall is returned along the west side, towards the now-infilled creek, and is then returned in a north-easterly direction for approx. 70m. The road-frontage section of wall has a C19 outbuilding attached to its south side, built of Plymouth limestone brought to course; hipped slate roof with hip-roofed central clearstorey; single storey, 3-window front with small window openings set high up; fairly wide doorway left of centre with planked door, all within dressed stone surrounds. INTERIOR: not inspected. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 655).
Listing NGR: SX4625954949
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 473696
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Devon, (1989), 655
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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