Description

1.
1042 ST JOHN'S STREET
(West Side)

No 39
(Formerly listed as
The Crown Hotel)
SU 0061 3a/63 9.4.54.

II* GV

2.
Late C18/early C19. 3 storeys painted stucco. Rusticated ground floor with
stringcourse at lst floor level supporting flanking Doric pilasters. Moulded
cornice broken forward over pilasters and parapet with stone coping. Concealed
gable end slate roof. 3 recessed sash windows, 4 panes wide on 2nd floor
with block sills. 3 recessed early C19 marginal glazed casements on lst floor.
2 square windows, 3 panes wide, on ground floor and very wide central door
of 6 vertical flush panels in plain surround with low pitch open moulded pediment
on cut brackets and broken cornice. Balcony over, formerly in good condition,
of diagonal bar pattern with rings and star ornament at bar junctions and
double panelled corner standards with diagonal bars on balls with acanthus
ornament.

Nos 23 to 41 (consec) and the part of the National Westminster Old Bank in
Market Place form a very fine group.

Listing NGR: SU0039561422

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17544036

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)