Description

THORNER MAIN STREET
SE3740 LS14 (west side)

16/193 No 26
22.7.81

GV II

House and workshop and furniture store. Late C17 details in west gable,
early C19 fenestration to street elevation. Rubble west gable, rendered
facade, Welsh blue-slate roof. Irregular plan. 2 storeys. 4 first-floor
windows, that to left above passage. Plinth. From left: doorway with
multi-pane sash window above; 4-pane sash in flush wood architrave with
same above; doorway with overlight; C19 shop front with 4 arched windows
and double-door to left with corner pilasters, entablature and cornice;
sash window above. Coped gables. Brick ridge stack and external ashlar
stack partly obscured by linking bay to No 22 (q.v.) open to ground floor
with 1st-floor room with tunnel under to rear courtyard. Left-hand return
has truncated stack, corbelled from 1st-floor, to left of 2-light double-
chamfered mullioned window (blocked).

Interior: the 1st cell is open to the roof and was reputedly a chapel used
for non-conformist worship, the room being lit by the large sash window
immediately above the door.

Listing NGR: SE3776640365

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26555893

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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