Description

BODMIN

SX0766 MOUNT FOLLY SQUARE
629-1/0/93 (East side)
26/03/49 Shire House
(Formerly Listed as:
MOUNT FOLLY SQUARE
Mayoralty House)

GV II*

Judges' lodgings. c1840. By Joseph Pascoe of Bodmin.
MATERIALS: rusticated granite ashlar on plinth to ground
floor; stucco above with giant Tuscan pilasters; paired
pilasters clasping the corners and pilasters flanking the
central bays; stepped eaves entablature; rag slate hipped roof
with deep projecting eaves on widely-spaced brackets; brick
end and axial stacks with louvered clay pots.
PLAN: large square plan with central stair hall. Classical
style.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys over basement; 2 nearly identical
symmetrical 5-window fronts facing west and north, both with
central doorways. Original hornless sashes with glazing bars
throughout, those to upper floors with margin panes; very tall
1st-floor windows. West front has C20 glazed porch standing on
original moulded granite steps; tripartite inner doorway with
original segmental-arched fanlight. North front has original
overlight with margin panes over C20 door approached by C20
ramp on the right. East front is 3 bays and similarly
detailed; large C20 ground-floor extension.
INTERIOR: moulded plaster ceiling cornices to the principal
rooms and stair hall (some to ground floor concealed by false
ceilings) some with central roses with acanthus leaves;
open-well staircase with open string, Vitruvian scroll detail
and mahogany handrail scrolled over newel, service stair with
ramped handrail; panelled doors and window shutters and at
least 2 chimneypieces.
An elegant and complete example, which forms a group with
Shire Hall (qv).
(Colvin H: A Bibliographical Dictionary of British Architects
1600-1840: London: 1978-: 622).

Listing NGR: SX0720366911

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17534296

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)