Description

PRESTON

SD5429SW CHURCH STREET
941-1/12/77 (South side)
27/09/79 No.131A

GV II

Warehouse, now shop. Probably early C19; altered. Brick in
Flemish bond with sandstone dressings (front painted white),
roof probably slate. Rectangular plan at right-angles to
street. Basement and 4 storeys; the gabled 3-window
symmetrical facade has a central loading slot with 3 stages
above ground floor, fixed windows to the first 2 stages and a
loading door at the top stage with a small hoist above, and a
doorway at ground level with glazed double doors; the ground
floor has C19 shop windows with pilasterd architraves and
large foliated consoles at the ends of the fascia boards; the
upper floors have square windows flanking the loading slot,
with raised sills, rectangular lintels and altered glazing.
The west side wall has four 4-pane windows on each floor,
raised sills and wedge lintels (but all blocked internally).
INTERIOR: each floor, including the cellar, has a series of 8
large beams at approx. 2 metre intervals, mostly chamfered but
some boxed or replaced; the top floor has 3 kingpost roof
trusses with fishbone struts, and 2 pairs of purlins.

Listing NGR: SD5428529407

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502419

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)