Grade II*
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listed building in
Plympton
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Devon
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Plymouth City Council
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, January 2008 Standing at 63 Fore Street, Plympton's main street, it dates to the late 17th century.
A former merchant's house, it is timber-framed and boarded to the second tier, with rendered rubble to the ground floor. The 18th-century
pilaster
In classical architecture
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ed doorcase has moulded
entablature
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s either side of it.
A wide carriage-entrance passage on the right displays part of the cellar in its wall.
The building was evaluated by ''
Time Team
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'' during their visit to Plympton in 1999. Its basement walls were found to be pre-17th century due to the fact that a
chamfered
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Chamfers are frequently used in machining, carpentry, fur ...
beam at head height in the basement was believed to have formerly sat on top of a wall (the others around it still being in place today), taking the line of the roof upwards.''Time Team'', Series 6, Episode 5 –
Channel 4
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