Description

BRIDGWATER

ST2937SE KING SQUARE
736-1/10/125 (North side)
24/03/50 Nos.16 AND 17
and attached railings

GV II*

Two houses, now offices. c1770-1800. Flemish-bond brick, stone
coping to parapet, cornice, stepped voussoirs, cills, cill
band to first floor and door cases, C20 pantile hipped mansard
roof with dormers and brick stacks to right of each house and
to rear gable end of rear wing. Double-depth plan with long
early C19 single-storey wing to rear right (of No.17), making
L-plan.
3 storeys with attics and basements; each house is 3-window
range. Originally 6/6-pane sash windows, (6/9 to first floor),
many of lower sashes now have some plate glass. The right
return of No.16 to right has unfinished brickwork to quoins
implying that row is incomplete. Double doors to left each
have 3 raised-and-fielded panels below a reeded lintel and
ornamental fanlight. Doorcase has reeded pilasters, imposts,
archivolt and keystone. The rear has a 3/6-pane sash window to
dormer and flat gauged brick arches to windows corresponding
to those on the front.
No.17 to the left is similar to the King Square facade, though
entrance is in left return. This has flat gauged brick arches
to blind windows on all floors to right, and flanking sash
windows similar to those at the front above the left-of-centre
double 3-panel doors; these set forward in a shallow
Tuscan-style porch.
To left of door is an early/mid C19 8/8-pane sash window. 3
similar sashes to one-storey rear wing; the door of rear wing
is to right of centre, it has an overlight and a flight of
steps from left to reach the higher pavement level of King
Square. The rear of the main block has a dormer similar to
that of No.16 and 8/8-pane sash windows to the main block.
INTERIOR not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Spearhead
railings with urn finials front both basement areas and sweep
up to flank the door of No.16, which has a C19 bootscraper to
right.
Part of a fine late Georgian square built on the site of
Bridgwater Castle.

Listing NGR: ST2981137206

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553475

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