Description

BENNETT'S HILL 1. 5104 City Centre B2 Nos 18 and 19 SP 0686 NE 33/5 II 2. Includes Nos 51, 52 and 53 New Street. Early C20. Stone, and in an Edwardian Baroque style. Three storeys plus attic; 5 bay centrepiece plus 2 bays on the left and a diagonal segment-headed bay on the corner (the entrance to No 53 New Street) and the return on New Street with the entrances to Nos 51 and 52 New Street. Ground floor with modern shop fronts and the entrance arch with flanking blocked pilasters carrying an open and broken pediment with arms. Above this, the centrepiece advanced slightly and the inner 3 bays with Ionic pilasters carrying a broken pediment and, within this framework, Ionic columns carrying an open and broken segmental pediment with round window with garlands. Above this a shallow dome flanked by figures and little polygonal and domed cupolas. The fenestration by sashes in moulded framed with cornices on the first floor and with keystones and aprons on the second floor. Important corner site with New Street.

Listing NGR: SP0688786841

External Links

• Wikidata Q26627158

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
• 
  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)