Description

FORE STREET
1.
5411
(South East Side)
Nos 7 and 8
ST 8558 5/239
II GV

2.
Probably mid C18, ground floor of No 8 modern. 2 storeys and attic, ashlar fronted
and framed by draughted pier strips. No 7 three windows wide, No 8 five, all glazing
bar sashes with moulded architrave aprons. Moulded eaves cornice with pier breaks;
No 7 has Marley tile roof No 8 formerly stone slate roof. 3 dormers, No 7 plain
with modern casement, No 8 has 2 with moulded flat tops. Gable end chimneys, off
ridge to right. Large through passage doorcase to left of No 7 with moulded architrave,
Doric block frieze and entablature; double panelled doors, upper panels glazed.
Very recent harsh plate glass shop front to right. No 8 has C20 5 bay extension
of No 7's Doric entablature supported by dividing pilasters. But improved by triglyphs
and guttae. Right hand bay is a doorway.

Nos 1 to 9 (consec) form a group.

Listing NGR: ST8551058035

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26272333

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)