Description

LANCASTER

SD4761NW FENTON STREET
1685-1/6/115 (West side)
No.4

GV II

House. Early C19 (before 1821), altered C20. Sandstone ashlar
with coursed rubble to the side and rear. Slate roof with a
coped gable to the right, and gable stacks. Double-depth
single-fronted plan with the doorway and staircases to the
right. 3 storeys above a cellar, and 2 bays with a plinth,
first-floor sill band and prominent moulded cornice. The
entrance, in the right-hand bay, has 3 steps enclosed by bar
railings with a frieze of intersecting waves, pineapple heads
to the standards, and integral shoe-scrapers in the returned
sides. The doorway has plain reveals under a cornice on
consoles and a recessed 6-panelled door with an overlight. All
the windows have plain reveals, and have casements with
glazing bars installed in the late 1980s to replace glazing
bar sashes. The right-hand return wall has a tall stair window
with imposts and keystone, and intersecting glazing bars.

Listing NGR: SD4745161603

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26489584

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)