Description

LANCASTER

SD4761NE KING STREET
1685-1/7/141 (West side)
18/02/70 Nos.40 AND 42
(Formerly Listed as:
KING STREET
No.40)
(Formerly Listed as:
KING STREET
No.42)

GV II

House, now shop and flats. Mid C18, altered C19. Coursed
squared sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and chamfered
quoins. Composition tile roof, brick chimney stacks.
Double-depth 2-unit plan.
3 storeys and 4 bays, with cellar to the right-hand half,
formerly symmetrical. The ground floor has a central doorway
with shouldered architrave, pulvinated frieze, and segmental
pediment on carved brackets, to the left, an inserted shop
window and doorway under a fascia and blind-box, and to the
right, a shuttered cellar opening and a pair of windows. Both
upper floors have 4 windows similarly arranged in pairs, and
all these windows have moulded architraves, and are sashed
without glazing bars. Moulded cornice, gable chimney stacks.
To rear a central giant elliptical-arched stair-window with
keystone, now mostly blocked but with a 2-light window on each
floor.

Listing NGR: SD4760861524

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26489596

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy