Description

WOLVERHAMPTON

SO9198NW LICHFIELD STREET 895-1/12/255 (South side) Nos.6-20 (Even) Gresham Chambers

GV II

Terrace of 5 shops and offices. c1880. Brick with ashlar and polished granite dressings; tile roof with brick stacks. 4 storeys; 7-window range. Vernacular Revival and Jacobean style. Ground floor has C20 shop fronts inserted between banded granite piers with cornice over; drip course over most of 2nd floor; top coped parapet and 3 gables. Five 2-storey canted oriels to 1st and 2nd floors, the 1st 2 joined by segmental arch, all with parapets, but central oriel has part carried up as turret and part with swept copper roof; double-chamfered-mullioned windows with transoms and upper lights with leaded glazing, those to 1st floor have 2 transoms and some double-width lights; 3rd floor has 6-light mullioned window and six C20 casement windows with plain lintels. Banded stacks with diagonal shafts. Entrance to upper floors has Tudor head and cross-mullioned overlight with cusping. Built as part of the redevelopment of Lichfield St in 1880s.

Listing NGR: SO9148498726

External Links

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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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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5