Description

SJ 3490 CASTLE STREET
(east side)
L2

52/215 No. 13 (Queen
15.5.74 Insurance
Building)

G.V. II

Office block. 1880's. Brick, dressed stone, with granite
ground floor and slate roof. 4 storeys and small dormers.
5 bays wide. Ground floor has 3 wide 4-centred arches with
keystones. Right arch filled with modern shop, left and
centre arches are arcade entrance with decorated iron
tympana to Queen Avenue (q.v.). 1st floor has cross windows
divided by Corinthian pilasters; low relief frieze above.
2nd floor has similar windows but with shallow cusping in
heads, and Ionic half-columns between; plain frieze and
cornice above. Top floor has depressed frieze, and a larger
dentilled cornice on top. Dormers on mansard roof.

Listing NGR: SJ4184786818

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26638974

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)