Description

LANCASTER

SD4761NE GREAT JOHN STREET
1685-1/7/121 (East side)
Nos.5 AND 7

GV II

Pair of houses, now shops and flats. Early C19, altered later
C19. Coursed dressed sandstone with ashlar dressings and
random rubble sides and rear. Slate roof with coped gables,
and a ridge and 2 gable stacks. Double-depth plan.
3 storeys above a basement expressed as an ashlar plinth;
raised quoins, sill bands to the upper floors, a plain frieze
and moulded cornice with a low blocking course. 3
widely-spaced bays, (originally divided so that No.5 was
double-fronted but subsequent internal alterations have made
No.7 double-fronted, at least on the ground floor). The
entrances, between the bays, are approached up low flights of
steps, those to No.5 parallel, and those to No.7
perpendicular, to the wall, both with replaced railings. The
doorways have plain surrounds under shallow moulded cornices.
All the windows are tripartite with stone mullions. The
windows are sashed, with no glazing bars to those on the
ground floor and in the right-hand bay. The remainder have
glazing bars except for the central light at the left on the
first floor, which now contains a casement. Below each
ground-floor window is a basement window with bars. The
right-hand door has a glazed panel with diagonal glazing bars
above 4 raised and fielded panels. The left-hand door is also
panelled but is partly covered by a sign board. The right-hand
return wall has a 3-stage stair window.
INTERIOR: No.7 has a dogleg staircase with a closed string,
thick stick balusters, and a handrail with a raised handgrip.

Listing NGR: SD4786561703

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26489589

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Wiltshire (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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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)