95 And 97, King Street

LANCASTER

SD4761SE KING STREET 1685-1/8/149 (East side) 22/12/53 Nos.95 AND 97 (Formerly Listed as: KING STREET No.81) (Formerly Listed as: KING STREET No.83)

GV II

Marked on OS as Nos 81 and 83 King Street. Pair of houses, now offices. Late C18, altered C20. Sandstone ashlar with ashlar dressings. Slate roof. Double-depth plan with central waggon-passage. 3 storeys; symmetrical 6-bay front, each house of 3 bays. Ground-floor sill bands. In the centre is a large rectangular waggon entrance flanked by former domestic doorways which are now blocked, all with raised plain surrounds and all under a massive rectangular lintel in 3 sections; each has 2 windows at ground floor, with altered glazing, and three 12-pane sashed windows on each floor above, all with raised plain surrounds and those at 2nd floor under a plain eaves band. 3 small skylights in the front slope of the roof, and brick chimney stack at the left gable. Entrances now in sides of through-passage. Rear: flanking the central passageway, very large 3-stage stair window with glazing bars, and in the outer bays a large 12-paned sashed window on each floor, all these windows with broad raised surrounds. INTERIOR: each house with a dogleg staircase with open string, scrolled brackets, columnar newels, 2 slender turned balusters per tread, and ramped handrail, all of pitch pine.

Listing NGR: SD4767561445