Description

CAMBORNE BASSET ROAD
SW 63 NW
(west side)
10/18
1.12.51 No.30 and 32 (St.Clair)
GV
II
House, now rest home. Mid C19. Stucco, presumably on rubble, slate roof.
Long double-depth plan. Two storeys, 1:3:1 bays, symmetrical, the centre
breaking forwards slightly; panelled pilasters with foliated capitals. The
central entrance has a rectangular porch mounted on 2 steps, with small
matching pilasters framing the door and the narrow side windows, moulded
entablature (breaking forwards over the door), and a dentilled cornice; the
door has 2 round-headed lights with low panels below and an overlight
above, and the side windows are in matching style, with a wreath above
each. All the windows are 4-pane sashes with moulded architraves which
have egg-and-dart decoration, those flanking the door have cornices on
consoles, and those in the 1st and 5th bays are set in prominent 2-storey
canted bays with cornices at mid level. Projecting eaves cornice, hipped
roof with decorative iron finials over the canted bays, chimneys behind the
ridge of the 1st bay and at its left side wall Rear: inter alia a canted
bay window, and a stairwindow with intersecting tracery; modern sun
lounge not of special interest. Interior: doglegged staircase with open
string, scrolled brackets, slender turned balusters and mahogany handrail
with wreathed curtail.

Listing NGR: SW6459239736

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26453008

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990