Description

FALMOUTH

SW8032SE FLORENCE TERRACE
843-1/10/94 Nos.1-15 (Consecutive)
22/07/49 and attached garden walls and
railings to Nos 1, 8, 10, 11 and 14
(Formerly Listed as:
FLORENCE TERRACE
Nos.1-15 (Consecutive))

GV II

Terrace of 15 small houses. Mid C19. Stucco on rubble; scantle
slate roofs to Nos 2, 6, 7 & 10, and to rear of No.1, dry
slate to No.9, otherwise asbestos slate; hipped at ends of
terrace; brick stacks over party walls forward and rear of
ridge; cast-iron ogee gutters to Nos 6-8 & 10-15, moulded
gutter on paired brackets to No.4.
Double-depth plan plus rear service wings at right angles.
2 storeys; overall 30-window range, doorways flanked by
2-storey projecting oriels with panelled quadrant pilasters.
Original hornless sashes, most with glazing bars. Ground floor
has open wooden arcaded verandah with tented lead roof, some
with later infill glazing; tripartite doorways; original
3-panel doors, some with later top glazing, except for Nos 1,
10 & 13 with later or C20 doors. Left-hand return of No.15 has
2 oriel windows similar to front windows. Right hand return
(rear wing) of No.1 is a 3-window range with original 12-pane
hornless sashes. Rear has many original sashes, many with
horizontal panes. Later C19 hipped canted dormers to
Nos 3, 5 & 10-13 and gabled dormers with shaped and pierced
barge boards to Nos 1 & 2. Rear has original hipped dormers to
all except Nos 13 & 15; original 12-pane hornless sashes to
all except Nos 13 & 15 and with original 12-pane hornless
sashes to Nos 3-10 & 14 plus larger hipped stair dormer to
No.7 with sash with margin panes and coloured glass.
INTERIOR not inspected but likely to be of interest.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: segmental granite-coped rubble forecourt
garden walls. Original wrought-iron railings to Nos 8, 10, 11
& 14. Also a high rubble garden wall with scantle slate coping
and red clay ridge tiles to right of rear garden of
No.1 and a section of similar wall parallel to rear.

Listing NGR: SW8068332388

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26560131

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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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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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)