Description

LANCASTER

SD4761SE KING STREET
1685-1/8/145 (East side)
22/12/53 No.87

GV II

Formerly known as: No.73 QUEEN SQUARE.
Shown on OS map as 73 King Street.
House, now offices. Late C18, altered C19. Sandstone ashlar.
Slate roof. Double-depth plan with rear wing to the left.
3 storeys and 3 bays, over cellar, the facade canted back to
the left. Flush quoins to left corner, sill band to 2nd floor.
Ground floor has doorway to left, with plain surround and
plain moulded cornice, a modern glazed door, and 2 large
altered windows to the right under a fascia board, and below
these, patched masonry with ventilators in place of former
cellar openings. 1st floor has 15-pane sashes with projecting
sills; 2nd floor has 12-pane windows, that in the centre fixed
and the others sashed. Now no chimneys. Left gable wall has
12-pane attic window. Rear. Large 3-stage stair window, and
single-storey extension.
INTERIOR: dogleg staircase with open string, simple scrolled
brackets, stick balusters, ramped handrail, and fluted newel
at the foot.

Listing NGR: SD4766361468

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26506119

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Recommended Books

• 
  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)