Description

PRESTON

SD5428NW GREAT AVENHAM STREET
941-1/14/148 (South West side)
Nos.20, 22 AND 24

GV II

Row of 3 small town houses. c.1830, altered. Red brick in 4+1
English garden wall bond, with sandstone dressings and slate
roof. Double-depth plan, each house single-fronted, with back
extensions (perhaps added), and through-lobbies to left of
Nos.22 and 24. Two storeys over cellars, each house 2 bays,
with plain frieze and moulded gutter cornice; vertical joint
between Nos.22 and 24. The doorway of each is to the left, up
2 steps, No.20 with late C19 panelled pilasters, Nos.22 and 24
with doorcases of engaged Tuscan columns with square abaci,
plain frieze and moulded cornice, with rectangular overlight
at No.22 and elliptical fanlight at No.24; the lobby doorway
of No.22 has a plain lintel, that of No.24 a moulded lintel.
Each has one window at ground floor and 2 above, No.22 sashed
without glazing bars and the others altered, all raised sills
and wedge lintels. Rear: No.24 has unusual parallel back
extension; others not inspected.
INTERIOR of No.24 has entrance hall with elaborate moulded
plaster cornices including modillions; fireplace in front
parlour with fluted Ionic columns (similar fireplace removed
from back room); 2-room cellar with fireplace in front room,
vaulted back room. Item is part of formerly complete set of
late Georgian lower-middle class houses in this street (laid
out in Great Avenham Field, advertised for sale as building
plots in 1825).

Listing NGR: SD5415028933

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26568982

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  For the Record