Lawrence House

Lawrence House is a Georgian townhouse in Launceston, Cornwall. Built in 1753, the house is a National Trust property and a Grade II listed building. It is leased to Launceston Town Council and used as a neighborhood museum. Lawrence House is a Grade II indexed constructing being No. 9 and 9a, Castle Street, Launceston, the house, the museum and the forecourt wall all being covered by means of the listing. The property become first indexed on 27 February 1950 below the designation "Castle Street No.9 Lawrence House, The Mayor's Parlour and Borough Museum". John Betjeman described the street as "having the most ideal collection of 18th Century townhouses in Cornwall".
The assets is a crimson brick town house laid to Flemish bond, with storeys in addition to a basement and an attic. The roof is slated and steep with red brick chimneys and the gable quit of the pass wing is at the right. The top storey has 5 windows, the right hand one being a Venetian window with moulded hood. The doorway is critical and has a pedimented porch with pilasters and consoles, and the four-panel door has a fan window above. There are original pedimented roof dormers, each with a 6-pane sash window. The interior has many original functions including a grained basement staircase, panelling, plasterwork, moulded ceiling cornices and chimney-pieces.