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7-11, Friar Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Lancaster, Lancashire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.0486 / 54°2'55"N

Longitude: -2.797 / 2°47'49"W

OS Eastings: 347913

OS Northings: 461699

OS Grid: SD479616

Mapcode National: GBR 8PXM.7F

Mapcode Global: WH847.0HCM

Plus Code: 9C6V26X3+C5

Entry Name: 7-11, Friar Street

Listing Date: 18 February 1970

Last Amended: 13 March 1995

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1194989

English Heritage Legacy ID: 383149

ID on this website: 101194989

Location: Moorlands, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1

County: Lancashire

District: Lancaster

Electoral Ward/Division: Castle

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Lancaster

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire

Church of England Parish: Lancaster St Mary with St John and St Anne

Church of England Diocese: Blackburn

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Description


LANCASTER

SD4761NE FRIAR STREET 1685-1/7/118 (East side) 18/02/70 Nos.7, 9 AND 11 (Formerly Listed as: FRIAR STREET No.7) (Formerly Listed as: FRIAR STREET No.9) (Formerly Listed as: FRIAR STREET No.11)

GV II

Row of 3 houses. Early C19, with C20 alterations. Squared coursed sandstone with ashlar dressings. Slate roofs, with a ridge and 2 gable stacks. 3 storeys above cellars, and one bay to each house, with Nos 7 & 9 forming a mirrored pair with linked doorways and with No.11 (at the right) having a doorway to the left. All the openings have plain stone surrounds. No.7 has glazing bar sashes, and the other houses have 6-pane sashes. All have 6-panel doors (some may be C20 replacements) and overlights. The cellar openings, below the ground-floor windows, are blocked, but there is a coal hole with flap at the left. The doorways are approached up 3 external steps. Set into the front wall of No.7 is a plaque inscribed: 'IN THIS HOUSE WAS BORN ON THE 7TH DAY OF JANUARY 1832. SIR WILLIAM TURNER, K.C.B.,F.R.S.,D.Sc.,LL.D.,D.C.L., KNIGHT OF THE ROYAL PRUSSIAN ORDER POUR-LE-MERITE, PROFESSOR IN AND PRINCIPAL AND VICE-CHANCELLOR OF EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY.'

Listing NGR: SD4791361699

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