Description

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NY4055 ALFRED STREET NORTH 671-1/11/46 (East side) 14/12/87 Nos.1, 3 AND 5 (Formerly Listed as: PORTLAND SQUARE (East side) Nos.6 AND 7 with Nos 1, 3 and 5 Alfred Street North)

GV II

3 houses forming part of a terrace, now offices. 1870s. Calciferous sandstone ashlar on chamfered plinth with brick returns; Nos 1 and 3 have stone-bracketed metal gutters; No.3 has a half-gabled dormer and No.5 a Dutch-gabled dormer. Graduated greenslate roof hipped at the terrace end; white brick ridge chimney stacks. 3 storeys, 2 bays each. Left and right panelled doors, up steps, with fanlights and overlights; these are within a half-column surround on No.1; a Venetian porch on No.3; and Ionic porch on No.5. Canted bay windows (carried up to first floor on No.5). Other upper floor windows are in chamfered stone surrounds and architraves, some paired. No.3 has bracketed sills and cast-iron patterned railings imitating balconies. C20 dormer inserted in left end hip. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: NY4057455794

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)