Description

PLYMOUTH

SX4655 PORTLAND VILLAS, Plymouth
740-1/42/398 (South side)
01/05/75 Nos.3-10 (Consecutive)
and attached forecourt walls

GV II

Planned terrace of villas, now used as offices. Mid C19.
Stucco with stucco detail; asbestos slate hipped roofs with
projecting eaves; central axial stacks and end stacks to
right. Double-depth plan, each house with probably 2 rooms at
the front, porch right of this and lower service wing on its
right.
2 storeys over basement, each house a 3:2-window range. On the
left of each front the 3-window range is symmetrical with
blind central windows, otherwise late C19 or C20 2-pane
sashes. Stucco detail includes: channelled rustication to
ground floor with segmental arches to windows in recessed
panels; mid-floor band and distyle porches with square columns
and moulded entablature.
INTERIOR: not inspected but likely to be of interest.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: low stuccoed and coped forecourt walls
with square gate-piers.
Part of a good group of mid C19 villas.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-:
669).

Listing NGR: SX4783955095

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26666048

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas