Description

1. TOWER STREET
972
(East Side)
Nos 51 & 52
SU 8504 NE 3/263
II
2.
Pair of C18 houses. 3 storeys each and 2 window bays each. Both houses
have hipped roofs; No 52 has a hipped slate roof with higher roof-line and
higher frontage to house than No 51; No 51 has a tiled roof. Both of red
brick. Small dentilled cornice below eaves. Windows on 1st floor and base
of and floor windows in both houses are in alignment; shorter 2nd floor windows
in No 51. Sash windows in flat arches with rubbed brick voussoirs; glazing bars
intact except in ground floor windows of No 51. No 52 has a 6 panelled door
with top 2 panels cut away and glazed; blocked semi-circular fanlight with
wheat-ear garland over. Door in reveals; doorcase with Doric pilasters and
pediment over. No 51 has a 6 panelled door with top 2 panels cut away and
glazed; door in reveals behind a doorway with a flat-arched stepped
architrave with rectangular pediment over.

Listing NGR: SU8591104901

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26573814

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version