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Latitude: 53.7475 / 53°44'50"N
Longitude: -0.3388 / 0°20'19"W
OS Eastings: 509647
OS Northings: 429182
OS Grid: TA096291
Mapcode National: GBR GNN.21
Mapcode Global: WHGFR.R2WF
Plus Code: 9C5XPMW6+XF
Entry Name: Numbers 3, 4 and 5, Kingston Square, and Attached Railings
Listing Date: 21 January 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1292266
English Heritage Legacy ID: 387646
ID on this website: 101292266
Location: Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU2
County: City of Kingston upon Hull
Electoral Ward/Division: Myton
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Kingston upon Hull
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): East Riding of Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Sculcoates All Saints
Church of England Diocese: York
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This List entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 30/03/2017
TA 0929 SE,
680-1/18/228
KINGSTON UPON HULL,
KINGSTON SQUARE (West side),
Nos.3, 4 AND 5 and attached railings
GV
II
Three houses, now offices and surgeries, and attached railings and steps. c1830, with late C19 and late C20 alterations.
MATERIALS: brick with rusticated stucco basements, painted ashlar dressings and slate roofs with two ridge and two gable stacks.
EXTERIOR: ground-floor sill bands, dentillated wooden eaves, those to No. 3 less elaborate. Two storeys plus basement and attics; nine-window range. Each house has three 12-pane sashes with rusticated keystone lintels, those to No. 3 unpainted. Above, No. 3, to right, has three shallow gabled dormers with three-light casements. No. 4 has a large box dormer with four small 12-pane sashes. No. 5 has a box dormer with a two-light glazing bar casement. Below, each house has two 12-pane sashes with rusticated keystone lintels, and to right a wooden doorcase with panelled pilasters and cornice, that to No. 3 renewed in a plainer form. Recessed doors with overlights. Basements have irregular fenestration. Outside, stone steps with spearhead railed balustrades, and matching area railings and gates with cast-iron openwork posts.
HISTORY: No. 3 was part of the salon of Hull’s celebrated Court Dressmaker Madame [Emily] Clapham. The business was established at No. 1 Kingston Square in 1887, and later extended to incorporate Nos. 2 and 3. Madame Clapham received orders from many leading society ladies, including Queen Maud of Norway, competing with the top London fashion houses.
Listing NGR: TA0965029175
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