Description

NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME

SJ8546SW QUEEN STREET
644-1/9/49 (East side)
21/11/57 Nos.6 AND 8
(Formerly Listed as:
QUEEN STREET
No.6
Magistrate's Clerk's Office)

GV II

Formerly known as: No.8 QUEEN STREET.
Pair of houses, now offices. c1800. Brick with Welsh slate
roof. 3-storeyed, 3 bays with an additional bay to left,
linking to rear wing with long stair window. Central doorway
in main section, second door in left hand bay. Main door has
ornate case with Ionic shafts and sun motif carved within the
pediment, and below a plaque with Cupid on a lion reputedly by
Flaxman. It is flanked by 12-pane sash windows with flat
arched heads. 3 upper windows also 12-pane sashes (6-panes to
attic), and the central window is emphasised with stuccoed
architrave. Left-hand bay has doorcase with pediment carried
on consoles, and heraldic device in the frieze. Window above
has segmentally arched brick head. Sill bands to each floor,
moulded eaves cornice and gable end stacks.

Listing NGR: SJ8509146301

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491273

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6