Description

PRESTON

SD5428NW BANK PARADE
941-1/14/21 (North side)
27/09/79 Nos.6 AND 7
(Formerly Listed as:
BANK PARADE
Nos.1-14 (Consecutive))

GV II

Pair of town houses. c.1840; altered. Red brick in Flemish
bond, with sandstone dressings and slate roof. Double-depth
plan, each house single-fronted and with a back extension. Two
storeys over basement, 2+2 bays, symmetrical; stone plinth
(covered with concrete blocks at No.7), 1st floor sill-band,
plain frieze and moulded cornice. Designed as a reflected pair
with a shared through-lobby in the centre and the doorways in
the outer bays: these have doorcases with Ionic semi-columns
with entablatures and cornices, plain jambs with imposts, and
shallow elliptical fanlights, with a panelled to No.6 but a
modern board door to No.7; the lobby entry has a convex stone
surround with a cornice, and a board door. Each has 2 windows
on each floor, those at 1st floor aligned over the outer
openings at ground floor, all with wedge lintels and those at
ground floor with raised sills; those at No.6 sashed without
glazing bars, but those at No.7 altered as top-hung casements.
Central chimney stack. Altered surrounds to former cellar
areas. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SD5423728832

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569036

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Recommended Books

• 
  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas