Description

SW 73 SW CONSTANTINE

5/21 Buckshead including garden wall
- adjoining on south west

GV II

House. Circa 1840, with late C20 internal alterations. Painted stone rubble with
dressed granite front with a chamfered plinth. Slurried slate hipped roof with red
clay ridge tiles. Side stacks with rendered shafts and brick caps.
Plan: Rectangular plan with large kitchen to the left the full depth of the house
with direct entry at the centre of the front. The smaller parlour to the right had
an unheated service room behind; the partition between the front and back rooms has
been removed and the staircase in the kitchen against the kitchen/parlour partition
has been replaced in the late C20.
Exterior: 2-storeys. Symmetrical 3-window front with original 12-pane sashes with
dressed granite lintels and cills. Central doorway also has dressed granite lintel
but with C20 panelled door. C19 12-pane stair sash at the centre at the back and a
small late C20 pivot window to right.
Interior: The interior is much altered. The left hand room has a large kitchen
fireplace with monolithic granite jambs and lintels. The staircase is a C20
replacement.
Including the garden wall adjoining south west which is attached to the front left of
the house and forms the front garden boundary wall along the road frontage. It is
built of dressed granite and granite rubble with dressed granite cambered coping.
The wall is ramped up to a high level against the house and has a dressed granite
round arch doorway through to the garden. There is also a short section of wall at
the back linking the house to the rear outbuilding and enclosing a small back yard.

Listing NGR: SW7203130558

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26434971

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas