Description

HELSTON

SW6427 CROSS STREET
631-1/4/103 (South side)
24/03/50 No.4
and attached forecourt walls, steps
and railings
(Formerly Listed as:
CROSS STREET
(South side)
No.4
The Vicarage)

GV II*

Vicarage, now private house. 1790s, remodelled slightly early
C19. Possibly by Thomas Edwards. Granite ashlar with flat
arches to basement; tall coped ashlar plinth above basement,
rusticated quoins, also to central bay, mid-floor string;
central pediment and parapet with modillion cornices; coursed
Elvan at rear and Elvan rubble to sides; hipped concrete tiled
roof with deep rendered end stacks.
Double-depth plan with 2 front reception rooms flanking a
central entrance hall leading to a large stair hall between
kitchen on left and probable study on right. Late Georgian
style. 2 storeys plus attics over basement; symmetrical
2:1:2-bay south front with pedimented central bay broken
forward. Original, early C19 and C20 copy hornless sashes with
glazing bars under flat arches with projecting key-blocks,
those to ground floor in openings deepened early C19. Central
bay has lunette to triangular pediment over sash with fanlight
head over round-arched doorway with recessed architrave;
original panelled door and concentric fanlight. Rear is
5-window range with hornless sashes with glazing bars
including Venetian window left of centre and mid-floor windows
to service stair right of centre.
INTERIOR: largely complete and original but the plaster
cornices of front rooms and stair hall were enriched in early
C19 and the doors of the reception rooms were repositioned at
the same time. Original panelled doors; early C19 window
shutters to front rooms; original large open-well staircase
with open-string with guttae; fluted stick balusters and
ramped mahogany handrail scrolled over newel. Other principal
rooms have original moulded cornices and most rooms have their
original or early chimneypieces. The attics have 2-panel doors
and there is a tie-beam roof structure; large cellars with
stone flags and original doors. Many external and internal
similarities to Bonython House, Cury (not included).

Listing NGR: SW6574127576

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17534231

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)