Description

PRESTON

SD5428NW FRENCHWOOD STREET
941-1/14/132 (South West side)
Nos.63-67 (Consecutive)

II

Row of 5 small town houses. c.1830-35, altered. Red brick in
5+1 English garden wall bond except No.67 which is in Flemish
bond (Nos.64 and 66 now covered with roughcast and No.63
painted red), with sandstone dressings and slate roof (except
No.66, now concrete tile). Double depth plan, each house
single-fronted, with individual back extensions, and
through-lobbies to the right except No.66 which has the lobby
to the left. Two storeys over cellars, 2+1+1+2+2 bays, with a
plain frieze and moulded gutter cornice. The doorways are to
the left except that to No.65 which forms part of a triplet
with No.66, with the lobby door between, and each has one
step, a round-headed architrave with set-in Tuscan
quarter-columns, plain lintel, and semi-circular fanlight with
hollow-moulded surround, the fanlight of No.67 with radiating
glazing bars but the others plain; Nos.65 and 67 have 6-panel
doors (others altered); Nos.63 and 67 have lobby doors to
right. All the windows have raised sills, those at ground
floor have wedge lintels, and all have altered glazing; at
No.63, which is wider than the others, the openings on the 2
floors are not vertically aligned. Cellar window mostly
casements protected by gratings. Ridge chimneys. Rear and
INTERIORS not inspected. The row forms part of a formerly
complete set of late Georgian lower-middle class houses in
this street.

Listing NGR: SD5415628989

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26512522

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Recommended Books

• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)