Description

PRESTON

SD5329 FISHERGATE HILL
941-1/6/114 (North side)
27/09/79 No.95

GV II

Town house, now bank. Early 1820s, altered. Red brick in
Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings and slate roof.
Double-depth double-fronted plan. Three storeys over cellars,
a symmetrical 3-window facade, with 1st-floor sill-band, plain
frieze, moulded cornice and blocking course. The ground floor
has in the centre (and up 4 steps recently extended to the
left) a wide elliptical-headed doorway with a fine doorcase of
set-in fluted Greek Doric columns and pilasters, dentilled
frieze and mutuled cornice, a 6-panel door and fanlight with
Greek-key surround. The ground and 1st floors have 12-pane
sashed windows with raised sills and wedge lintels, the 2nd
floor has small square 2-light casements under the frieze,
with raised sills. Roof has coped gables and one chimney to
the left behind the ridge. Rear and INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SD5323729131

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569014

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Hertfordshire (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