Description

LISKEARD

SX26SW Ladye Park and attached wall on left
979-1/3/2
22/07/81

GV II

Cottage ornee. c1830s, extended later C19. Roughly-coursed
slatestone rubble walls with some stone dressings; dry
Delabole slate roofs with gable and axial stacks. Double-depth
plan; original house on the left has 1 room at the front and
2-storey canted entrance porch on the left. Later in C19 a
similar sized but deeper wing was added on the right with a
new entrance hall on its left. Tudor-Gothic style. 2 storeys.
Irregular 4-window range has original canted 2-storey porch,
on the left, with blocked arched doorway and slit sidelights,
similar arched heads to 1st-floor windows on the left and to
doorway of projecting extension under 3rd from left window;
6-panel door with top 4 panels glazed. Mid-floor string
between porch and later wing and hoodmould over ground-floor
window. All windows are C20 copies of original casements with
Y-traceried heads. Former canted windows to right-hand bay
have been removed and reinstated as windows within flush wall
surface: wide 3-light window to ground floor and tall narrow
2-light window above. INTERIOR: partially inspected; stair
with Gothic-style detail and original shutters to left-hand
room, also with Gothic-style detail. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: high
courtyard wall on the left with large 4-centred arched doorway
and vertically-set coping stones.

Listing NGR: SX2383264772

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570854

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Recommended Books

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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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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)