Description

LANCASTER

SD4761NE KING STREET
1685-1/7/143 (West side)
22/12/53 Nos.48 AND 50
(Formerly Listed as:
KING STREET
No.48)
(Formerly Listed as:
KING STREET
No.50)

GV II

Pair of houses, now house and shop. Mid C18, altered C19 and
C20. Sandstone ashlar at ground floor, otherwise coursed
dressed sandstone with ashlar dressings and raised quoins.
Slate roof. Double-depth 2-unit plan with rear extensions. 3
storeys over cellars, each house single-fronted and of 2 bays.
No.50 altered at ground floor. No.48 has a doorway to the
left, with shouldered architrave within narrow pilasters
terminating in scrolled consoles which in turn support
brackets carved as lion-masks, and a prominent moulded
cornice. To the right, a shuttered cellar opening, a 4-pane
sashed window with raised plain surround, and a plain band at
1st floor. The upper floors of the whole each have 4 similar
windows, and a hollow-moulded eaves cornice. Gable chimney
stacks. Rear: central 2-storey extension under carried-down
roof containing staircase, and a 2-light mullioned window on
each floor of the outer bays.
No.48 was listed on 18.2.70.

Listing NGR: SD4761261512

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26506111

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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