Description

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SW8244NW ST GEORGE'S ROAD 880-1/6/275 (North side) Nos.17 AND 18 and attached forecourt walls and railings

GV II

Pair of houses in row. Mid C19. Stucco; grouted scantle slate roof with projecting eaves at the front; brick chimneys over the cross party walls; cast-iron ogee gutter to No.17 (left). Pair of mirror-image-plan houses with parallel entrance halls together in the centre; each house with a reception room at the front and service rooms behind. 2-storeys over basement; 4-window range. Original hornless sashes with glazing bars; symmetrical overall front has pair of doorways in the middle with open porch carried on square columns. No.17 (left) has original panelled door and overlight; ground-floor right window has only 4 panes. Windows of No.17 have moulded architraves; those of No.18 have rustications around the openings (including doorway), and on the right. INTERIORS not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: shallow basement forecourts have front retaining walls surmounted by iron railings with carved finials.

Listing NGR: SW8217444921

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)