Description

LICHFIELD

SK1109SE BIRD STREET
1094-1/8/20 (South West side)
06/03/70 No.1

GV II

House, formerly bank, now shop. c1820. Stucco with parapeted
roof and brick end stack. L-plan. Georgian style. 3 storeys;
6-window range with single-storey wing to right. Rusticated
ground floor, 1st floor sill band and top cornice and parapet,
pediment to left. Entrance to wing has rusticated piers and
entablature, inset ashlar antae and iron grille with gate.
Windows to ground floor have rusticated flat arches over plate
glass sashes; 1st floor has windows in architraves with
friezes and cornices and balustraded aprons, 2/1-pane sashes;
2nd floor has windows in 4-sided architraves with 6-pane
sashes. 4-window left return to The Friary has round-headed
entrance to right end with fluted imposts, bracketed cornice
and rusticated arch over timber tympanum to 6-panel door. Rear
has pedimented gabled wing with 2-storey canted bay window
over C20 single-storey flat-roofed addition.

Listing NGR: SK1162109406

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26276058

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Recommended Books

• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)