Description

PRESTON

SD5328NE RIBBLESDALE PLACE
941-1/13/238 (North side)
27/09/79 Nos.35 AND 36

GV II

Pair of town houses, now offices. c.1846, with later
additions. Red brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings
and slate roof. Canted back from Ribblesdale Place at curved
junction with Avenham Lane, and with Regent Street added at
the right-hand side; double-depth plan, built as
single-fronted halls-adjoining pair, with coupled back
extensions. Two storeys over cellars, 2 bays, symmetrical,
with ashlar plinth, moulded 1st floor band, plain frieze and
moulded cornice; coupled doorways in the centre, up 2 steps
with nosings, with doorcase composed of 3 engaged Ionic
columns with plain frieze and moulded cornice with blocking
course, each doorway with imposts, moulded lintel, elliptical
fanlight and panelled door. Each has an added 2-storey canted
bay with unhorned 4-pane sashed glazing on both floors, and
between these at 1st floor is a stone plaque with concave
corners inscribed "RIBBLESDALE PLACE" with "35 / 36" below.
Roof hipped at right-hand end, left gable coped, with cut-down
chimney. Attached to front corners and to centre of steps are
railing plinths with replacement railings enclosing paved
front areas. The right-hand return wall of No.36 (to Regent
Street) has a lower 2-storey 1-bay extension to the rear, the
band ramped down to this, one 12-pane sash on each floor of
each part, and the band further ramped down to the coping of
the back-yard wall, which has a doorway servicing the yards of
both. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SD5398528907

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26568963

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