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PRESTON

SD5428NW LATHAM STREET
941-1/14/188 (East side)
27/09/79 Nos.19 AND 20

GV II

Pair of small town houses. c.1830, altered. Red brick in
Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings and slate roof.
Double-depth plan, each house single-fronted, with coupled
back extensions. Two storeys over cellars, 2+2 windows,
symmetrical, with plain frieze and moulded gutter cornice. The
doorways, each up one altered step, forming a triplet with a
round-headed through-lobby doorway between them in a single
composition with engaged Ionic columns and a continuous frieze
and cornice, have panelled doors with glazed top panels and
elliptical-arched fanlights with gauged brick voussoirs (now
painted white). All the windows have raised sills and wedge
lintels, and altered glazing (those at No.19 with early C20
stained glass). Cellar windows with wedge lintels and
protective gratings. Gable chimneys. Rear of No.19 has
original 16-pane sashed windows at ground floor of main range
and extension, 12-pane sashes above. INTERIOR altered but
2-room cellar contains large fireplaces in both rooms and a
washing boiler in the rear room.

Listing NGR: SD5418228862