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

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