History

Dated 1886.

Exterior

Elaborate Italianate Gothic style; Pennant stone with dressings in bathstone and orange ironstone. Three storeys. 3 gabled bays. Crocketed and diapered gables whose arches enclose lozenges (central lozenge bears date "1886"). Second floor central bay has 2-light Gothic window, outer bays single Gothic window all with polychrome heads and orange colonettes with floral capitals; stone balconies with pierced quatrefoils. Oriel window to centre of first floor, band of Gothic windows over; ironstone colonettes; similar window to each side of oriel. Ends of first floor have colonettes surmounted by griffins. On ground floor, main entrance door to L has paired granite columns against painted stone architrave; mosaic roundels of Four Seasons obscured by later fascia board. Similar entrance to Toni's Bar (R).

Reasons for Listing

Elaborately detailed Italian Gothic commercial building.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29491732

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas