Description

HIGH STREET
5282
Queenborough
TQ 97 SW 11/56
Nos 161 and 163
II GV

Cottage pair, No 161 later shop and cottage. Early C19 altered mid C19. Weather-
boarded over stud framing with roof partly clay peg tiles and part renewed with
asbestos slates and central brick chimneystack: 2 storeys and attics. 2 windows
with penticed outshot to No 163 and probably mid C19 gable to rear of No 161. Front
has 2 flat roofed dormers, one with casement and one with mid C19 sash with verticals
only. No. 161 has 1st floor mid C19 sash with vertical glazing bars and horns, set
in original moulded architrave and mid to late C19 shopfront with wide sloping fascia
under hood and brackets. Right hand doorcase, door replaced, but with original wooden
dentilled cornice above. No 161 has 1st floor original 16 pane sash in moulded archi-
trave, ground floor original sash, though 4 of the lower glazing bars have been removed,
and left hand doorcase with wooden dentilled cornice and 4 panelled door. Wooden
plinth. Gable to rear has mainly mid C19 sashes. Internally both properties retain
early C19 fireplaces, one with good cast iron duck's nest grate, one with panelled
wooden surround. Wooden panelled partition walls and 4 panelled doors and some 2
panelled cupboard fronts with HL hinges. Winder staircases.

Listing NGR: TQ9110872202

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26535872

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
• 
  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)