Description

SX 36 NE CALLINGTON FORE STREET (south side),

8/23 No 9

GV II

Commercial building, now building society and solicitors offices. Circa 1870s.
Stuccoed rubblestone with incised, rusticated ground floor. Steeply pitched slate
roof with gable ends and pierced and crested ridge tiles. 2 storeys, asymmetrical 4
window front. Ground floor with panelled door to left with plain fanlight above.
Sash to left and 2 sashes to right of central entrance. Sashes without glazing
bars. Engraved glass for business of R. Hancock and Son, Solicitors. Central
entrance with 4-panelled door with plain fanlight above and ornate free-style
stuccoed hood, corbelled out on incised brackets with moulded cornice, continued as
string over ground floor. Surmounted by scroll pediment flanked by ball finials.
Above, placed asymmetrically, 4 sashes without glazing bars and with ornamental
aprons below. Engraved glass. Segmented arches with string course continued at
impost level. Keys continued into moulded cornice. A complete facade of its period
including glazing and door.
Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SX3597269553

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26432871

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)