Description

AMBLE QUEEN STREET
NU 2604
(North side)
13/55 No. 41
GV II

Shop with domestic accommodation above. 1837. Tooled squared stone of near-
ashlar quality; mixed green and blue slate roof with stacks rebuilt in yellow
brick on stone base. 2 storeys, 2 windows. Late C19 double shopfront; to
right pair of pilasters carrying frieze with 3 scrolled brackets and cornice;
single pilaster and bracket to left. 1st-floor moulded sill band to 12-pane
sashes, and clasping pilaster to right. Moulded eaves band. Roof hipped to
right; ridge stack. 2-bay return, to North Street: Left bay detail as front
except that ground-floor pilasters are paired at each end and the cornice
they carry extends across the bay; right bay has altered sash and 12-pane
sash above, with slightly-projecting sills. Blocked door to left with inserted
window above; small slate-hung roof dormer; coped gable to right with end
stack.

The return is continued by Nos. 3, 5 and 7 North Street (q.v.).

Part of the original planned development coeval with the harbour, built by
the contractors Sandersons.

Listing NGR: NU2645204484

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26652317

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