Description

TRURO

SW8244SW FALMOUTH ROAD
880-1/10/57 (West side)
Nos.40-46 (Even)
Colchester Villas

GV II

Terrace of 4 houses. Late C19. Dressed stone brought to
course, granite dressings; dry Delabole slate roofs; some
patterned slates to steep roofs of towers; rendered axial
chimneys with original chimney pots; cast-iron ogee gutters
except on left. Symmetrical double-depth plan plus service
wing. French Renaissance/Baronial style. 2 storeys plus
attics. Symmetrical 1:1:1:1:2:2:1:1:1:1-bay east front has
panelled doors, mullioned windows with original sashes,
moulded hoods and cornices. The end houses are L-shaped with
3-storey towers over porches in the angles. Left-hand house
(mirror-image of right-hand house) has central 3-storey tower
porch, with steep roof over corbelled cornice, in the angle
between recessed bay, on the left, and projecting bay on the
right; porch has round-headed doorway; projecting bay has
canted ground-floor bay window with ironwork balcony, and roof
dormer set in ramped gable surmounted by triangular pediment.
Smaller middle houses have canted bay windows and flanking
doors set within 5-bay loggia with basket and round arches to
arcade surmounted by decorative iron balustrade; 2 central
first-floor bays break forward and are surmounted by canted
dormers with hipped roofs. INTERIORS: where inspected have
original plasterwork and joinery details.

Listing NGR: SW8227044223

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497170

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)