Description

1.
5191 WEST ALLINGTON
(South Side)

Nos 27 & 29
SY 4693 2/27 23.ll.50.

II* GV

2.
Late C18 or early C19. Red brick. 2 storeys. L-shaped block. Frontage of
No 27 is set back and has parapet with stucco pilasters and sunk stucco panels,
rectangular and lozenge-shaped. Doorway and ground floor windows are round-headed
and are set in sunk arched panels. Screen wall has pointed doorway. No 29
which abuts on road, has similar parapet. 2 elaborate mid Cl9 shop windows
have moulded pilasters with capitals incorporating flowers, animals and birds.
Foliated cast iron mullions. Fascia boards have scrollwork in angles and that
facing road has a cresting of scroll work and vine pattern. Rear has sash
with Gothick glazing bars and stained glass. Interior has spiral cast-iron
staircase and other contemporary fittings. Shopfront was apparently built
for a tailor in 1845 and has always been a local curiosity.

Nos 17 to 35 (odd) form a group.

Listing NGR: SY4615293015

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17543303

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