Description

PRESTON

SD5428NW GREAT AVENHAM STREET
941-1/14/154 (South West side)
No.40

GV II

Small town house. c.1830, altered. Red brick in Flemish bond,
with sandstone dressings and slate roof. Double-depth
single-fronted plan, with back extensions, and through-lobby
to the right. Two storeys over cellar, 2 bays, with plain
frieze and moulded gutter cornice. The doorway, to the right,
up 2 steps (now tiled), has a round-headed architrave with
raised moulded rim and moulded imposts, and a semi-circular
fanlight with original radiating metal tracery (altered door);
the lobby doorway to the right has a plain lintel and board
door. One window at ground floor and 2 above, all with raised
sills and wedge lintels (glazing altered); cellar window with
wedge lintel protected by grating. Chimneys on both slopes at
left end. Rear and INTERIOR not inspected. 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: SD5419128887

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580215

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability