Description

PLYMOUTH

SX5455NE FORE STREET, Plympton St Maurice
740-1/50/470 (South side)
23/04/52 No.9
The Rectory

GV II*

Town house. Mid C18. Incised stucco on probable rubble to
front with plinth and moulded mid-floor string and 1st-floor
sill string; slatehanging to upper part of right-hand return;
very steep dry slate roof with sprocketed eaves over a moulded
and modillion cornice; brick end stacks. Single-depth plan
plus late C19 wing at right angles to rear right of centre.
2 storeys; symmetrical 7-window front. Original 12-pane
hornless sashes with thick glazing bars; moulded 1st-floor
sills over carved aprons with swags. Central pilastered
doorway with central break to moulded entablature, panelled
reveals with fielded panels and similar door with later glazed
top panels. Rear wing has stone mullion bay window.
INTERIOR: not inspected but former list description notes:
good staircase with open string, turned balusters, moulded
handrail and panelled dado. Panelled dado in hall, 2
ground-floor rooms with dentilled cornices and panelled dados.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-:
684).

Listing NGR: SX5430655799

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Rectory at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17554253

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)