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Latitude: 50.1546 / 50°9'16"N
Longitude: -5.0683 / 5°4'6"W
OS Eastings: 180915
OS Northings: 32793
OS Grid: SW809327
Mapcode National: GBR ZD.T9V8
Mapcode Global: FRA 088M.37W
Plus Code: 9C2P5W3J+VM
Entry Name: 54 and 55, Church Street
Listing Date: 22 July 1949
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1270078
English Heritage Legacy ID: 460115
ID on this website: 101270078
Location: Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11
County: Cornwall
Civil Parish: Falmouth
Built-Up Area: Falmouth
Traditional County: Cornwall
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall
Church of England Parish: Falmouth King Charles the Martyr
Church of England Diocese: Truro
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FALMOUTH
SW8032NE CHURCH STREET
843-1/7/68 (East side)
22/07/49 Nos.54 AND 55
GV II*
Pair of shops. Early C19. Incised stucco on masonry with
shallow segmental arches; asbestos slate roof; brick end
stacks; cast-iron ogee gutter. Double-depth plan.
3 storeys over basement at rear; symmetrical 3-window front.
Original hornless sashes with glazing bars. Ground floor has a
very fine and rare pair of early C19 bowed and transomed shop
fronts; panelled stall risers, small panes, moulded
entablature with fascia and central pair of doorways with C20
doors. Rear has original 6-panel door with fielded panels,
left of centre, and 16-pane hornless sash to ground-floor
right.
INTERIOR: No.55 has been remodelled C20 to ground floor and
basement, otherwise not inspected.
An extremely fine example of an early C19 shop front, of
outstanding quality in a national context and comparable to
the best examples of contemporary double shop fronts in London
and other fashionable provincial towns.
Listing NGR: SW8091532793
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