36,38, Great Avenham Street

A pair of small townhouses dating from around 1830 in Preston, they were altered subsequently. The houses are constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. Each house has a double-depth plan, a single front, and coupled extensions to the rear, connected by a central through-lobby. They are two storeys high, over cellars, with 2+2 bays, and a symmetrical design, featuring a plain frieze and a moulded gutter cornice.

The doorways, which create a triplet with the lobby door between them, rise up two altered steps. They have elliptical arches constructed with gauged brick voussoirs, set-in Tuscan quarter-columns, moulded lintels, and elliptical fanlights. The fanlight at number 38 has elegant radiating metal tracery, though the doors themselves have been altered. The lobby doorway has a plain lintel and a board door. Each house has one window at ground floor level and two above. The ground floor windows and those above at number 36 have altered glazing. However, the first-floor windows at number 38 retain their original four-pane sash configuration. All windows have raised sills and wedge lintels; the cellar windows have wedge lintels protected by gratings. Chimneys are present on the front and rear slopes at both ends of the building. The rear of the property and the interior have not been inspected. These townhouses were part of a larger group of late Georgian houses intended for the lower-middle class, situated on Great Avenham Street, which was laid out in Great Avenham Field and advertised for sale as building plots in 1825.