Description

ST JOHN'S STREET
1.
1594 (East Side)
No 13
SU 1429 NE 4/135 28.2.52.
II GV
2.
Early Cl9. 2 storeys ashlar. Bath stone. Plinth. Plain frieze, moulded
cornice and blocking course. Low pitch hipped slate roof. Central tripartite
sash window 1st floor, glazing bars intact, pilasters flanking and dividing,
breaking through sill, in slight, rectangular, recess. Ground floor has central
portico of 2 fluted Greek Doric columns and pilasters to wall carrying entablature with triglyph frieze, the entablature with plain frieze continued across front with flanking pilasters all framing pair of large marginal glazed windows on moulded sills with panels under and double doors to centre also marginal glazed with flush bottom panels. The building was the former workshop and office of Osmond, the mason whom Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin used to employ.

Nos 1 to 13 (odd) form a very important group.

Listing NGR: SU1457729652

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26550197

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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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)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)