Description

PRESTON

SD5328 WEST CLIFF
941-1/8/283 (South West side)
27/09/79 No.48

GV II

Detached town house, now offices. c.1840, altered. Red brick
in Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings and slate roof.
Double-depth plan, with side wings. Two storeys over basement
(plus added attic storey), a symmetrical 3-window facade with
clasping corner pilasters and flanking one-window wings to a
lower level; with stone plinth, 1st-floor sill-band, plain
frieze and moulded cornice with blocking course. The doorway,
up 4 steps, has an Ionic doorcase with engaged columns and
entablature with cornice and blocking course, a panelled door
and overlight with margin panes. The ground floor windows have
raised sills and wedge lintels (all boarded at time of
survey); the 1st floor has 12-pane sashes with wedge lintels;
and the wings have similar but smaller windows. Large C20
attic storey; gable chimney stacks. Rear and INTERIOR not
inspected.

Listing NGR: SD5329228836

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26513702

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)