Description

FORE STREET
1.
5411
(North West Side)
Corner block of former
Usher's Brewery
between Nos 68 and 70
ST 8558 4/263
II GV

2.
1915 Brewer's Baroque by W. W. Snailum. Corner pavilion to large brewery jutting
out slightly. Ashlar built with ornate pedimented fronts of 1 bay to south and
west. Pedimented breaks to south and west with rustic quoins capped by fluted
brackets to corner bands and supporting paired rustic pilasters having fruit and
flower sculpture. Modillion cornice and open pediments. Blind keyed oculus to
each pediment with flanking fruit and flower carving swagged across top of giant
architrave to 1st and 2nd floor windows. Pitched path pavement from here to No
8 Wicker Hill. Listed for group value.

Nos 65 to 68 (consec), Nos 70 to 73 (consec), railings and gates to Nos 68 and
70, dwarf stone wall to No 72, No 64 (Lloyds Bank) and Usher's Brewery Corner Block,
form an outstanding group with No 8 and premises occupied by K.J. Lestor to south
west of No 8 Wicker Hill.

Listing NGR: ST8547958060

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26572950

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)