8, Bank Parade

PRESTON

SD5428NW BANK PARADE 941-1/14/22 (North side) 27/09/79 No.8 (Formerly Listed as: BANK PARADE Nos.1-14 (Consecutive))

GV II

Town house. c.1840; altered. Red brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings and slate roof. Double-depth single-fronted plan with a back extension. Three storeys over basement, 2 bays plus a narrow link to No.9 on the left; stone plinth, plain frieze and moulded cornice. The doorway to the left (up 2 steps) has a doorcase of engaged Ionic columns with entablature and cornice, plain jambs with imposts, and a recessed board door with shallow elliptical fanlight; to the right is a later C19 2-storey canted bay which has segmental-headed windows at 1st floor with raised-panel aprons, raised sills and altered glazing on both floors, and a moulded cornice with blocking course; otherwise, one window above the door and 2 at 2nd floor, all these with raised sills and altered glazing. To the left is a short link to No.9, slightly set back, which has a blocked former lobby doorway with a cornice. Gable chimney. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SD5422528821