Description

ST49NW SOMERTON CP BROAD STREET (East side)

9/140 London House

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GV II

House and shop. Early C19. Local lias stone cut and squared; Welsh slate roof between abutments, double hipped at
corner; stone chimney stacks with brick tops. 'L'-plan with curved corner; 2 storeys; 3 bays to New Street, 1 bay on
curve, 1 bay to Broad Street. Sash windows in plain openings with dovetailed stone lintels over, of 16-panes to bays 1,
2, 3 and 5 first floor, with 20-pane window on curved bay 4; below, large plain shop windows bays 1 and 5; 9-flush
panel door under rectangular margined fanlight left of bay 1; and to bays 2 with 3, and also to bay 4, are two matching
Regency style shopfronts, the former with recessed glazed door to right, and the latter with central recessed door
which is set under an open segmental pediment crowning the fascia; ornamental arrowhead finials to flanking timber
pilasters to each front. On a prominent corner, and most important in the streetscape.

Listing NGR: ST4913528658

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26629588

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)