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Hamoaze House and Attached Forecourt Railings

A Grade II Listed Building in Devonport, City of Plymouth

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.3674 / 50°22'2"N

Longitude: -4.1718 / 4°10'18"W

OS Eastings: 245637

OS Northings: 54194

OS Grid: SX456541

Mapcode National: GBR R5H.2V

Mapcode Global: FRA 2842.BK9

Plus Code: 9C2Q9R8H+W7

Entry Name: Hamoaze House and Attached Forecourt Railings

Listing Date: 1 May 1975

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1386257

English Heritage Legacy ID: 473642

Also known as: Hamoaze House And Attached Forecourt Railing

ID on this website: 101386257

Location: Mount Wise, Plymouth, Devon, PL1

County: City of Plymouth

Electoral Ward/Division: Devonport

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Plymouth

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Tagged with: House

Description


PLYMOUTH

SX4554 MOUNT WISE, Devonport 740-1/54/158 Hamoaze House and attached forecourt 01/05/75 railings

GV II

Large house on naval base. 1795, built for the Duke of Richmond and later extended. Plymouth limestone ashlar with mid-floor and sill strings; dry slate hipped roofs behind moulded stone parapets; ashlar stacks to rear of front wings and rendered end stacks to centre block. Large double-depth plan with 3-storey-over-basement centre block and flanking 2-storey wings, plus various extensions at rear. EXTERIOR: symmetrical 3:5:3-window front with original and copy sashes with glazing bars under flat arches, shorter windows to upper floors. Central enclosed stone porch with moulded and dentilled entablature and fanlight to round-arched doorway with panelled doors; round-arched side windows. Added to the porch is an open cast-iron trellised verandah with 2 bays on either side of the porch and with a glazed balcony under a hipped roof to 1st floor above. Good side doorway to George Street. INTERIOR: has many original features of interest including open-well staircase with turned balusters to lower flights and stick balusters higher up. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: original wrought-iron forecourt railings. One of a fine group of buildings. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 676 & 677; PSA Historic Buildings Register: DOE: Southern England (Devon South West): 88).



Listing NGR: SX4563754194

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