Description

LISKEARD

SX2564 THE PARADE
979-1/5/171 (West side)
23/09/50 Parade House and attached wall and
railings
(Formerly Listed as:
THE PARADE
(West side)
Parade House)

GV II

Large town house, now office. Mid C18. Painted coursed rubble
with plinth and mid-floor band; hipped dry Delabole slate
roof; modillion eaves cornice; cast-iron ogee gutters.
Double-depth plan. 2 storeys plus attic over basement;
symmetrical 5-window front. Late C19 two-pane sashes under
flat arches with keyblocks; central round-arched doorway to
distyle Tuscan porch with engaged columns; panelled door with
plain fanlight. Inner door has glazed upper panel with margin
panes and similar sidelights. Semi-circular on plan steps up
to porch. Reset C17 basket-arched granite doorway to left-hand
return. 2 roof dormers with mid C19 nine-pane sashes and
cornices. INTERIOR retains mid C18 dado and modillion cornice
to entrance hall and right-hand room; segmental stair arch
with fluted pilasters; main stair with closed string and
mahogany handrail; back stair with panelled newels and heavy
turned balusters, moulded cornice to left-hand room.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached ashlar forecourt wall on the
left; low rubble wall with granite copings to front;
wrought-iron railings with arrow-head finials.

Listing NGR: SX2508264633

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570806

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