Description

KNIGHT STREET
1.
5253
(West Side)
No 26
(The Queen's Head PH)
TL 4839 1492:3/51
II GV
2.
Early C19. Stuccoed brick house with low plinth. Low pitched hipped
slate roof with overhanging eaves. Double pile plan. 2 storeys and cellar
under NE room. 2 internal chimney stacks on axial centre wall, only front
rooms heated originally. 3 windows, 2 recessed sash windows with 6/6 panes
on 1st floor with blank window recess between. Central door with triplets
of windows to each side. Flush sashes with architraves 4/4:6/6:4/4.
Centre window of N group now adapted as door. Centre door half glazed
with stucco moulded surround of architrave and full entablature with
corner scrolls. Iron bracket for signboard off centre to S. Simple
moulded fire surround and shelf to 1st floor SE room. 4 panel doors
throughout on 1st floor. Stair has turned newels and slender landing rail
curved on plan. Stick balusters. Planning of Gd floor suggests house
built as PH. Alterations and modern extension to rear. Part of important
architectural group on W side of street.

Listing NGR: TL4839214929

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26631284

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)