Description

PRESTON

SD5428NW FRENCHWOOD STREET
941-1/14/133 (North East side)
No.1 Avenham Terrace

GV II

Town house. 1850s, altered. Red brick in Flemish bond, with
sandstone dressings and concrete-tile roof. Double-depth plan
on corner site, with a long back extension. Two storeys over
cellar, with an ashlar plinth, 1st floor sill-band, plain
frieze and moulded cornice (all carried round); one bay to
Frenchwood Street, the doorway to the right, up 3 steps with
nosings, with a doorcase of engaged Ionic columns with
entablature, cornice and blocking course, hollow-moulded
surround and altered door; one window on each floor (both with
altered glazing), with raised sills and a wedge lintel at
ground floor. Hipped roof now lacking chimneys. Left return
wall, 2 bays with similar fenestration; and continued to rear
a lower back extension with 2 windows at ground floor and 3
above. Rear and INTERIOR not inspected. The item is part of an
early Victorian extension, in harmonious form, to a formerly
complete set of late Georgian lower-middle class town houses
in this street.

Listing NGR: SD5415129030

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580307

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990