Description

REDRUTH GREEN LANE
SW 64 SE
(east side)
11/274
1.12.51 No.24 (Belmont House)
GV II
House, now offices. c.1800, altered. Granite rubble with stucco facade
painted white and dressings painted black, some slate hanging at rear,
slate roof. L-shaped plan formed by rectangular double-depth main block
with service block to rear of left-hand side. Two storeys and 5 bays over a
cellar; raised on a low terrace; symmetrical, in classical style, with
fluted corner pilasters and Greek-key string course. The central doorway
has a wooden Doric porch (now lacking both front columns which have been
replaced with iron posts), with triglyph frieze and mutule cornice, a later
glazed and panelled inner porch constructed under this porch protecting a
recessed doorway with set-in fluted Doric 1/4-columns, panelled reveal,
double doors, and overlight with curved geometrical glazing bars in the
form of an eye. Four windows at ground floor and 5 above, all 12-pane
sashes with moulded architraves. Projecting eaves, the soffit decorated
with panels and roundels, with shallow modillioned cornice above. Hipped
roof (no chimneys visible). Single-storey additons at each end, not of
special interest. Rear: the principal feature of interest is a full-height
semi-circular stairturret, slate-hung, with curved 18-pane sashed window
and prominent projecting eaves carried round. Interior: 2-bay entrance hall
with unusual semi-elliptical groin-vaulted ceiling carried on free-standing
fluted Ionic columns; moulded and reeded architraves to doors and
stairwindow; dog-legged staircase with open string and stick balusters.

Listing NGR: SW6989742161

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26545065

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Old House Care and Repair