Description

NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME

SJ8546SW QUEEN STREET 644-1/9/49 (East side) 21/11/57 Nos.6 AND 8 (Formerly Listed as: QUEEN STREET No.6 Magistrate's Clerk's Office)

GV II

Formerly known as: No.8 QUEEN STREET. Pair of houses, now offices. c1800. Brick with Welsh slate roof. 3-storeyed, 3 bays with an additional bay to left, linking to rear wing with long stair window. Central doorway in main section, second door in left hand bay. Main door has ornate case with Ionic shafts and sun motif carved within the pediment, and below a plaque with Cupid on a lion reputedly by Flaxman. It is flanked by 12-pane sash windows with flat arched heads. 3 upper windows also 12-pane sashes (6-panes to attic), and the central window is emphasised with stuccoed architrave. Left-hand bay has doorcase with pediment carried on consoles, and heraldic device in the frieze. Window above has segmentally arched brick head. Sill bands to each floor, moulded eaves cornice and gable end stacks.

Listing NGR: SJ8509146301

External Links

• Wikidata Q26491273

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