Description

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NZ 1600 NE
5/38

BRIDGE STREET (West Side)
No 15

1.8.52

GV
II*
One early C18 building, rough ashlar, rising to slope of hill, left section being of four storeys, with a band above the ground floor window and door, both of which have plain stone frames. Three storeys to the rest of the building, with three windows in plain stone frames with rusticated keystones, hung sashes with glazing bars. A late C18 or early C19 ground floor bay, with fluted pilasters and ornamental frieze. A half-glazed door with plain stone frame and keystone. Stone slate roof with kneelers. A two-storey extension on right hand with one window in similar frame, over small door with plain wood lintel. Parapet with band in place of cornice to extension only. Four steps with iron handrail to modern door, door to left section set lower.

Interior: contains many original features. Most of the fielded panel doors and their surrounds, plus some cupboard doors. The cornices to many of the rooms survive as do some fireplaces. The magnificent staircase rises through four floors with a turned and gadrooned baluster to each tread. This staircase is lit by a long stair light window with glazing bars.

Nos 1 to 15 (odd). Premises occupied by A & G Clark and Oak Tree Public House form a group with The Green Bridge

Listing NGR: NZ1695900704

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17536781

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)