Description

TRURO

SW8244NW ST GEORGE'S ROAD
880-1/6/278 (South side)
19/06/73 Carvedras House

GV II

House, now vicarage. Early C19. Stuccoed walls, hipped grouted
scantle slate roof with projecting eaves and stuccoed stacks
over the side walls. Double-depth plan with 2 front reception
rooms flanking a central entrance hall. 2 storeys; symmetrical
3-window front. Plinth and mid-floor band; central doorway
with panelled door with overlight and distyle porch with
square columns and entablature; original 16-pane hornless
sashes within flat architraves with moulded hoods on consoles
to ground-floor openings. INTERIOR: retains most of its
original carpentry; joinery and plasterwork details including
panelled doors and shutters, open-well open-string stair with
mahogany handrail over scrolled newel and moulded plaster
cornices to the front rooms. In the garden adjacent to the
church is the well which served the former Dominican Friary
1259-1538.
(Barratt R: A Short History of the Parish and Church of St
George-the-Martyr).

Listing NGR: SW8202444989

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569535

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House