Description

LANCASTER

SD4761NE CABLE STREET 1685-1/7/27 (North side) 22/12/53 Nos.9 AND 11

GV II

Pair of houses, now flats. Late C18, altered c1985. Sandstone ashlar facade with ashlar dressings, and coursed sandstone rubble elsewhere. Slate roof, with gable chimney to the left. Double-depth plan, with a centrally-placed double doorway and, originally, with a centrally-placed pair of rear wings. 3 storeys over a tall basement and 3 bays per house, with a sill band on each floor and a moulded eaves cornice. The former basement windows are blocked; all the others have plain reveals, some with renewed lintels, and contain recently inserted 12-pane sashes, of diminishing height in successive storeys. The doorway is raised and approached up a double flight of 8 nosed steps, parallel to the facade and protected by renewed iron railings. It has a pediment with a pulvinated frieze carried on 3 engaged Tuscan columns. The doors are panelled, each with 3 glazed panels above 3 that are raised and fielded and with the lower part panelled in a curved pattern. INTERIOR: entrance hall arch with fluted pilasters and moulded plaster urns and swags over the arch, and a dogleg staircase with an open string, scrolled brackets and recent turned balusters and ramped handrail.

Listing NGR: SD4767461966

External Links

• Wikidata Q26585887

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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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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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)