Description

LANCASTER

SD4761SE QUEEN STREET
1685-1/8/237 (East side)
18/02/70 No.1

GV II

House, now offices. Late C18 with later C19 alterations.
Sandstone ashlar with rendered rubble to side, and slate roof.
Double-depth plan with rear wings to left and right.
Original main facade faces north and is of 2 storeys and 5
bays and has sashed windows without glazing bars. The ground
floor has been altered and has 2 large canted bay windows,
each with a cornice and blocking course and with 2 tall lights
facing forwards. Between them, in the central bay, is a
window; the 1845 OS map shows a door in this position. Eaves
cornice below the gutter. Chimneys to left and right.
The right-hand return wall faces Queen Street and contains the
present doorway, probably inserted in the late C19. It has a
stone surround with elliptical arch and keystone and contains
a doorway with side lights and an overlight. On the 1st floor
there is a tripartite window with stone surround, and above a
small sash. To the right is the 3-bay facade of the rear wing.
INTERIOR: contains later C19 mahogany stair with slim turned
balusters.

Listing NGR: SD4762761439

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26489668

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Recommended Books

• 
  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
• 
  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)