Description

TRURO

SW8244NE LEMON STREET
880-1/7/129 (East side)
29/12/50 No.20
and attached forecourt railings

GV II

Town house. c1799. By Josiah Randell, builder, for Edward
Milford, lessee. Granite ashlar basement, local dressed
freestone above with dry Delabole slate roof and rendered end
stacks. Double-depth plan with central entrance hall between 2
front reception rooms. 2 storeys over blocked basement;
symmetrical 3-window front. Central wide elliptically-arched
doorway and distyle Doric porch with fluted columns and paired
brackets under a flat cornice; panelled reveals, panelled door
with side panels and spoked fanlight; mid-floor string,
moulded parapet cornice and C20 horned sashes with glazing
bars under shallow segmental arches with projecting key
blocks. INTERIOR: original moulded and carved plaster ceiling
cornices and bands to front rooms. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES:
wrought-iron railings flank granite-stepped entrance bridge
and stand over forecourt walls which adjoin granite steps down
to the basement.
(The Truro Buildings Research Group: Lemon Street and its
Neighbourhood: Truro: 1980-).

Listing NGR: SW8260444672

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26571572

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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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  For the Record
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)