Description

LANCASTER

SD4761NE NEW STREET
1685-1/7/202 (West side)
22/12/53 No.8

GV II

House, now shop. Mid C18, altered C19 and C20. Sandstone
ashlar, and a slate roof. Double-depth plan, with the
staircase at the original back at the right, and a large,
later, full-width rear extension.
3 storeys, above a cellar, and 3 bays, with rusticated
chamfered quoins and a projecting eaves cornice. The ground
floor now has a mid C20 shop front. The upper windows have
slightly-projecting surrounds with triple keystones, and
Victorian 4-pane sashes. The rocking horse placed in front of
the first-floor central window dates from c1987, but is the
third to act as the shop's sign.
INTERIOR: above the first half-landing the staircase is
original, dogleg in form with an open string and carved
brackets, with 3 column-on-vase balusters per tread up to the
second floor and 2 per tread up to the attic.
HISTORY: New Street was developed from 1748, and this must
have been one of the first houses built.

Listing NGR: SD4758261814

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585871

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)