6 And 7, Bank Parade

PRESTON

SD5428NW BANK PARADE 941-1/14/21 (North side) 27/09/79 Nos.6 AND 7 (Formerly Listed as: BANK PARADE Nos.1-14 (Consecutive))

GV II

Pair of town houses. c.1840; altered. Red brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings and slate roof. Double-depth plan, each house single-fronted and with a back extension. Two storeys over basement, 2+2 bays, symmetrical; stone plinth (covered with concrete blocks at No.7), 1st floor sill-band, plain frieze and moulded cornice. Designed as a reflected pair with a shared through-lobby in the centre and the doorways in the outer bays: these have doorcases with Ionic semi-columns with entablatures and cornices, plain jambs with imposts, and shallow elliptical fanlights, with a panelled to No.6 but a modern board door to No.7; the lobby entry has a convex stone surround with a cornice, and a board door. Each has 2 windows on each floor, those at 1st floor aligned over the outer openings at ground floor, all with wedge lintels and those at ground floor with raised sills; those at No.6 sashed without glazing bars, but those at No.7 altered as top-hung casements. Central chimney stack. Altered surrounds to former cellar areas. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SD5423728832