Description

TAVISTOCK HAMLETS
SX 47 SW
5/153 Wheal Maria(Nos 23 and 24)
10.4.86
GV
II
Mine captain's house, now 2 houses. Circa mid C19 with some later alterations.
Rubble, rendered and lined out to front, slate roof with gable end stacks.
L-plan formed by rear wing to left, now no 23; front range of double depth plan with
central entry and principal room to right and left, heated rear wing originally for
service. Longitudinal passage from side porch leading to straight stair in central
passage.
2 storeys, symmetrical with 3 windows, on plinth, all 16-pane sashes, central porch
with pitched roof and double half-glazed doors, inner half-glazed door has overlight
with Gothic glazing, porch has sidelights with margin glazing. Left gable end has
12-pane sash at ground floor left. Right gable end rendered, with porch set off-
centre to right, with half-glazed door with glazing bars, plain pilasters to sides,
inner 6-panelled door with overlight with margin glazing, 6-pane sidelights also with
margin glazing. Second entrance may have been for mining business, main entrance to
front. Rear of main range has 16-pane sash with cambered brick head at ground and
first floor left. 2-storey rear wing has 4-panelled door and 3-light casememt of 8
panes each light to inner side, 2 hipped dormers each with 12-pane sash, wing in
painted random rubble. Rear of wing inner side, 2 hipped dormers each with 12-pane
sash, wing in painted random rubble. Rear of wing has single-storey lean-to and
gable end stack; roof of wing hipped at junction with main range.
Interior not inspected.
Said to have date inscribed on pane of glass at first floor front, August 16th 1877.

Listing NGR: SX4176673984

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26592057

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas