Description

This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 7 August 2023 to correct measurements, typo and to reformat text to current standards.

GEORGE STREET (North side)

Pavement and railings before Nos 13-18

11/08/72

GV

II

Raised pavement extending from Gay Street eastward along north side of George Street for approximately 80 metres. Probably C18 in origin with late C19 railings.

MATERIALS: Pennant stone paving, rough limestone ashlar revetment wall, late C19 cast iron railings.

EXTERIOR: To west end revetment wall has entrances to basements of buildings above, and 4 metres platform on pyramidal double flight of stone steps at highest part (approximately 2.5 metres) to centre. Heavy cast iron railings, similar to those in Vineyards (qv), have interlaced "Romanesque" semicircular tops and pierced circles to bases. To east end, fronting Edgar Buildings (qv), six steps in tight concave curve abutting railings.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26674748

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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)