Description

PLYMOUTH

SX5455NW FORE STREET, Plympton St Maurice
740-1/49/502 (South side)
29/03/60 No.69
Legassick House
(Formerly Listed as:
FORE STREET, Plympton St Maurice
Nos.69 AND 71
Legassick House (No.69) and Ivy
Cottage (No.71))

GV II

Town house. Late C18. Incised stucco with plinth; steep dry
slate roof with dentilled eaves cornice; brick end stacks with
some old clay pots. Double-depth plan with probably 2
unequal-sized rooms at the front flanking an entrance hall.
2 storeys; 4-window range. Original 12-pane hornless sashes
with much crown glass. Mid C19 moulded pilastered doorway left
of centre with moulded hood on consoles; original 6-panel door
with fielded panels.
INTERIOR: not inspected but former list description notes: 2
ground-floor rooms with decorated plaster ceiling cornices and
friezes.

Listing NGR: SX5441655675

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26537022

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)