Description

1.
5185 WEST STREET
(north side)

No 59
SX 4774 3/138

II GV

2.
Circa 1830. Neo-Classical style house of Foulston type. Two storey, 3 window front.
Stuccoed with granite plinth and steps. Pilasters to quoins and central feature have
rows of guttae. Stopped blocking course and cornice. Sashes, including 3-light
window above central doorway. Doorway has recessed porch with square pilasters and
rectangular fanlight. Interior has good curved staircase and fluted columns to hall.
This building occupies the site of a house called 'Stone Posts' where the last
Abbot of Tavistock (John Peryn), is said to have lived after the Dissolution.

Listing NGR: SX4784574344

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26457070

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)