Description

CROSBY

SJ3198SE ADELAIDE TERRACE 778-1/7/3 (North East side) 16/08/72 Nos.3-19 (Consecutive) (Formerly Listed as: ADELAIDE TERRACE Nos.1-19 (Consecutive))

GV II

Terrace of houses. Probably c1847-50 in more than one build (only Nos 17, 18 and 19 are shown on OS map surveyed in 1847); altered. Painted stucco, slate roofs. Double-depth plan, each house single-fronted except Nos 13 and 16 which are double-fronted; with back extensions. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics except Nos 10 and 11 which have a full attic storey, 3 windows each except Nos 13 and 16 which have 4 windows; with a plinth, giant Doric pilasters between houses (and matching pilasters to attic storey of Nos 10 and 11), string course and moulded 1st-floor sill-band, frieze with string course and prominent moulded cornice (discontinuous between Nos 3 and 4, and at Nos 17 to 19 where No.18 in the centre also has a pediment). Nos 3 to 8, built in halls-adjoining pairs, have doorways adjoining, Nos 9 to 12 all have doorways to the left, and Nos 13 to 19 have doorways less regularly disposed; all these doorways are square-headed with panelled doors (except No.12 which is plain) and overlights which are plain except those at Nos 13, 14 and 16 which have margin panes. The windows are almost uniform: those at Nos 3 to 14 have sunk-panel aprons at ground floor but otherwise plain reveals (those at No.8 with built-in ornamental canopies) and those at Nos 16 to 19 have simple architraves; almost all are sashed without glazing bars but those at Nos 9, 12, 14 and 15 have margin panes, and those at ground floor of Nos 3 and 15 now have top-hung casements imitating sashes. Nos 10 and 11 have square sashed windows at 2nd floor; No.18 has a square window in the pediment (now furnished with a C20 tilting casement). Flat-roofed dormers have been inserted at Nos 3 to 8 and No.12, while all the others have skylights. Corniced chimneys on front slope. INTERIORS: not inspected. Forms a group with No.2 (qv) and No.1 (qv) to the right. All the listed buildings in Adelaide Terrace, together with those in Bath Street, Beach Lawn, Marine Crescent and Marine Terrace, form a group in the Waterloo Conservation Area of Crosby.

Listing NGR: SJ3150998171

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)