Description

PRESTON

SD5328 WEST CLIFF
941-1/8/282 (South West side)
No.42

GV II

Detached town house, now offices. Probably early 1840s;
altered. Red brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings
and slate roof. Double-depth double-fronted plan. Two storeys
and attic, over basement, 4 bays defined by simple pilasters
(the outer bays wider than the inner), with stone plinth,
interrupted 1st-floor band, plaster frieze with roundels and
cornice, bracketed eaves. The doorway, in the 3rd bay, has a
shallow porch with panelled square pilasters which have
foliated caps, and entablature with dentilled cornice and
blocking course, carrying an ornamental cast-iron balcony.
Above the porch is a tall window with moulded architrave. The
other windows have raised sills and chamfered rectangular
lintels, and altered glazing. Roof with inserted continuous
dormer, and gable chimney stacks. Attached at the left end is
a one-bay 3-storey addition with similar windows. Rear and
INTERIOR not inspected. One of the first 4 houses built on
West Cliff, and stylistically similar to Nos 54 and 56 (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SD5325828845

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26568970

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