Description

TRURO

SW8244NE LEMON STREET
880-1/7/131 (East side)
29/12/50 No.22

GV II

Town house, now commercial premises. c1803, largely rebuilt
c1970 in facsimile. By Almond Hitchens, builder and tallow
chandler. Reconstituted stone ashlar front with dry Delabole
slate mansard roof with 4 dormers behind parapet and brick end
stack on the right. Fairly deep plan. 2 storeys plus attic
over basement; regular 4-window front. Round-headed doorway
with recessed fluted architrave, on the left, has panelled
door with fanlight. C20 horned sashes with glazing bars under
shallow arches with projecting key blocks and a parapet
cornice, all between panelled giant pilasters. Right-hand
pilaster is original as is the masonry above parapet cornice
level to the other pilaster. INTERIOR not inspected but
rebuilt c1970. Included for group value.
(The Truro Buildings Research Group: Lemon Street and its
Neighbourhood: Truro: 1980-).

Listing NGR: SW8258844657

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497195

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)