Description

LINCOLN

SK9771SE SILVER STREET
1941-1/12/334 (South side)
08/07/91 No.18
Lincoln Constitutional Club

GV II

Constitutional club. 1895. Designed by William Watkins and
built by Otter & Co of Lincoln. Brick with terracotta
dressings and slate roofs. Flemish Renaissance Revival style.
EXTERIOR: sill bands, enriched first and second floor
cornices, eaves band, shaped coped gables. 2 storeys plus
basement and attics. First floor windows are mainly glazing
bar sashes. Ground floor and attic windows are mainly
casements with mullions and transoms.
Front to Silver Street, 6 bays, has a projecting entrance bay
to left, with a door and a flanking window, both with round
heads. Above, an angled oriel window, 2 storeys, with 2
storeys, and above it, a 4-light window.
Bowed north-east corner, to left, has 3 windows, cornice and
balustrade. Above, a hexagonal stair tower with moulded
cornice and 3 sashes. Ramped coped parapet with 3 oval
windows. Above again, a set back pargeted drum topped with a
leaded dome.
To the right, a 2 storey range, 4 bays, with coped parapet and
gables, and a frieze of national crests between the windows. 4
ground floor windows, and 3 above. To the right, a round
headed doorway with a window above it.
East front, to Broadgate, 3 bays, has a basement with a square
headed door and 4 iron framed windows. Above, a central
3-light mullioned window flanked by single oval lights.
Beyond, 2 round headed windows. Above, a canted central bay
with pediment, flanked by single gabled wings, each with 2
sashes. Above again, each wing has a 5-light window.
INTERIOR has an elaborate cantilever stone spiral stair with
landings, cast-iron balustrade and ramped and scrolled
handrail. First floor ballroom has a ribbed semicircular
vault. Ground floor billiard room has original fitted benches
and tables.
(Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire:
London: 1989-: 521; Curl JS: The Victorian Facade (W Watkins &
Son, Architects, Lincoln): Lincoln: 1990-: 42).

Listing NGR: SK9778571364

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26668228

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Recommended Books

• 
  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  For the Record
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)