Description

LANCASTER

SD4761NE SUN STREET
1685-1/7/304 (West side)
Nos.22 AND 24

GV II

Pair of small houses. Late C18, altered C19 and C20. Coursed
roughly squared sandstone with ashlar dressings, and slate
roofs. Double-depth plan with linked doorways in the centre,
rear extensions at the side, and gable chimney stacks. 3
storeys above cellars, and one bay per house. Both the
doorways and the windows have plain surrounds and doors of 6
raised and fielded panels. No.24, at the left, has a sashed
window without glazing bars on the first floor and a C20 fixed
frame divided similarly on the ground floor. No.22 has a
glazing bar sash on the ground floor, and a C20 casement with
glazing bars on the first floor. Both houses have glazing bar
sashes with horns on the second floor. The rear has 2
full-height stair windows in the centre.
HISTORY: probably built just after the creation of Sun Street,
which was laid out in 1791 on the garden of the Sun Inn,
Church Street (qv)

Listing NGR: SD4754561788

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26576967

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)