Description

COLAN
SW 85 NW
10/20 Trethiggey Villa
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II

House. Circa 1840-50, with few later alterations. Elvan stone ashlar. Hipped slate
roof with ridge tiles. Stacks to sides with ashlar shafts and cornices, rear left
stack with plainer cornice.
Plan: Double depth plan. The entrance front has porch off-centre to left probably
leading to a stair hall. The garden front is at the right side, with 2 principal
rooms facing the garden and service rooms behind. Italianate style.
Exterior: The entrance front is 2-storey, an asymmetrical 2-window front with
original windows. Embattled single storey porch with 2 round-arched margin-glazed
lights; to right a contemporary conservatory with round-arched lights; the front door
is inside the conservatory. First floor has 2 round-arched 8-pane sashes. The
garden front is at the right side. Ground floor has square bay along the whole front
with 2 French windows with sidelights and overlights of small round-arched lights.
Blind round-arched niche to centre. Round-arched sash to left of the bay. First
floor has two paired 8-pane sashes with round arches and central round-arched niche
with carved fan.
Interior: Not inspected but may retain good contemporary features such as staircase
and joinery.
This is an unusual survival, an early C19 Italianate villa with no alterations to
details of fenestration, and high quality masonry.

Listing NGR: SW8481459815

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26598938

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Recommended Books

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (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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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)