Description

LANCASTER

SD4761SE KING STREET 1685-1/8/145 (East side) 22/12/53 No.87

GV II

Formerly known as: No.73 QUEEN SQUARE. Shown on OS map as 73 King Street. House, now offices. Late C18, altered C19. Sandstone ashlar. Slate roof. Double-depth plan with rear wing to the left. 3 storeys and 3 bays, over cellar, the facade canted back to the left. Flush quoins to left corner, sill band to 2nd floor. Ground floor has doorway to left, with plain surround and plain moulded cornice, a modern glazed door, and 2 large altered windows to the right under a fascia board, and below these, patched masonry with ventilators in place of former cellar openings. 1st floor has 15-pane sashes with projecting sills; 2nd floor has 12-pane windows, that in the centre fixed and the others sashed. Now no chimneys. Left gable wall has 12-pane attic window. Rear. Large 3-stage stair window, and single-storey extension. INTERIOR: dogleg staircase with open string, simple scrolled brackets, stick balusters, ramped handrail, and fluted newel at the foot.

Listing NGR: SD4766361468

External Links

• Wikidata Q26506119

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