Description

PLYMOUTH

SX4856SE COMPTON AVENUE, Mannamead
740-1/38/325 (South side)
No.80

GV II

Former vicarage of Emmanuel Church, Mannamead Road (qv). 1906
(Pevsner). Roughcast render; steep red tile roofs with
projecting eaves with exposed rafters and projecting verges
with exposed purlins and jettied over canted oriels [front and
rear]; mostly outbuilt end stacks with most of the original
pots. L-shaped plan, the front with pair of cross wings plus
lower service wing at right angles to rear left. Arts and
Crafts design.
2 storeys plus attics; 3-window-range front. Wide wooden
mullioned windows with leaded glass; central flat-roofed porch
on scrolled brackets, buttressed doorway with planked door and
small window right of door, and canted bay window right of
porch.
INTERIOR: has large entrance/stair hall with large open-well
staircase with open string, panelled newels, moulded handrails
and splat balustrades; newel posts continued up to support
moulded beams of coffered and corbelled ceiling; eared
chimneypiece to right-hand room, otherwise not inspected. A
very good example of a restrained design after the style of
architects such as Voysey and Parker.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-:
670).

Listing NGR: SX4926256278

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26423127

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Recommended Books

• 
  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy