Description

PLYMOUTH

SX4555 ALBEMARLE VILLAS, Stoke
740-1/41/629 (North East side)
25/01/54 No.1
(Formerly Listed as:
ALBEMARLE VILLAS, Devonport
No.1)

GV II

Villa in planned group. c1827 by John Foulston. Stucco with
stucco detail including plinth and mid-floor string; dry slate
hipped roofs with projecting eaves; tall rendered stacks, over
front and rear walls. L-shaped double-depth plan.
2 storeys; 2-window-range entrance front plus 2-window-range
service wing set back on the left. Original or copy 12-pane
hornless sashes. Large distyle in antae Doric porch with
unfluted columns and plain frieze under left-hand window;
doorway with panelled architrave with corner blocks set back
within, and with glazed and panelled door. Right-hand return
is 2-window range iron balconettes to 1st floor.
INTERIOR: not inspected but said to be very fine.
Forecourt railings of whole group included as separate item.
This is the most prominent villa in a fine group.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-:
673).

Listing NGR: SX4592855101

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26423052

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide