Description

LAUNCESTON

SX3284 BROAD STREET
660-1/4/6 (South East side)
13/09/72 No.5
(Formerly Listed as:
BROAD STREET
(South East side)
Nos.1-7 (Odd))

GV II

Town house with later shop. C17; front remodelled mid C19.
Stucco on timber frame jettied to upper floors; slatehanging
to visible left-hand return; rag-slate roof; original rubble
stack on left with ramped entablature later heightened with
brick. Double-depth plan. 3 storeys; 2-window range. Mid C19
sixteen-pane hornless sashes to 2nd floor over paired 4-pane
hornless sashes within recessed segmentally-arched panels.
Ground floor has late C19 double shop front with slender
clustered columns, return lights at end; splayed central
doorway and C20 fascia (obscuring original fascia) under jetty
with acanthus cornice and scrolled brackets. Pair of keyed
round-arched doorways on right (including entrance to No.7)
with blind fanlights over moulded cornices and 6-panel doors
with top panels later glazed. INTERIOR not inspected but
likely to be of interest.

Listing NGR: SX3319884557

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585422

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Recommended Books

• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2