Description

PRESTON

SD5329 FISHERGATE HILL 941-1/6/111 (South side) 27/09/79 Nos.7-10 (Consecutive) (Formerly Listed as: FISHERGATE HILL (South side) Nos.3-10 (Consecutive))

GV II

Row of 4 town houses, No.7 now club, Nos 8 and 9 in one as flats, and No.10 offices. c.1836-40, Nos 7 to 9 in one build and No.10 added shortly after; altered. Red brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings and slate roof. Double-depth plan, each house single-fronted. Two storeys over cellars, 2+2+2+2 windows, with stone plinth, 1st floor sill-band, plain frieze and moulded cornice. Nos 7 to 9 have doorways to the left, No.10 has the doorway to the right, all with doorcases of engaged Ionic columns, plain entablatures and cornices, those at Nos 7 and 8 round-headed and No.8 with radiating tracery in the fanlight, and those at Nos 9 and 10 square-headed with plain overlights, and all with panelled doors (some being modern replacements). Each has a large stone canted bay window at ground floor, with moulded cornice and blocking course, those at Nos 7 and 8 sashed without glazing bars and the others with altered glazing; at 1st floor Nos 7 and 8 have sashed windows without glazing bars, Nos 9 and 10 have 4-pane sashes. Roof with skylights inserted at Nos 8 to 10; chimneys at junctions between Nos 7 and 8, and 9 and 10. Rear rebuilt and rendered. INTERIOR: Nos 8 and 9 have staircases with stick balusters, and some fluted doorcases.

Listing NGR: SD5324229088

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