Description

STANHOPE FRONT STREET
NY 9939
(North side)
34/203 Stanhope
16.10.85 Co-operative Stores

GV II

Co-operative stores. Dated 1908; for Wear Valley Co-operative Society.
Sandstone ashlar and snecked sandstone with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof
with red ridge tiles and terra-cotta finials. 3 storeys, 2 wide bays.
Recessed entrance framed by narrow pilasters at centre of each bay; flanking
shop windows framed by rusticated pilasters supporting continuous cornice;
first-floor shop lights with coloured top panes also framed by pilasters which
support entablature with dentilled cornice; fan-moulded semi-circular pediments
on outer pilasters. Top floor has central oriel, on bracket with scroll
inscribed LABOUR AND WAIT, flanked by sash windows under shaped gables, with
incised panels AD and 1908; moulded gable copings rest on corniced blocks with
ball finials. Half-hipped roof has tall fleur-de-lys finials. Included for
historic interest.

Listing NGR: NY9986539042

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26525083

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)