Description

LANCASTER

SD4761SE QUEEN SQUARE
1685-1/8/233 (West side)
22/12/53 No.1

GV II

House, now doctors' surgery. Late C18, altered C19 and
restored c1980. Sandstone ashlar with slate roof. Double-depth
plan.
A symmetrical composition of 2 storeys above cellars and 5
bays, with a cornice and with a parapet with coping. The
windows are sashed without glazing bars and have plain reveals
and projecting sills. The cellar openings are mostly glazed.
The doorway has a lugged stone architrave and a pediment. The
overlight has glazing bars with a curved intersecting design,
and the door has 6 raised and fielded panels. It is approached
up 4 steps with nosings and with iron railings. Chimneys on
gables, the left-hand one of brick and the right-hand one
rendered.
INTERIOR: the arch between the front hall and the stair hall
springs from fluted Doric pilasters. The dogleg stair has an
open string, 3 turned balusters per tread, turned newels, a
ramped handrail, and terminates with a cur-tail.

Listing NGR: SD4760661477

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26507300

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)