131A, Church Street

PRESTON

SD5429SW CHURCH STREET 941-1/12/77 (South side) 27/09/79 No.131A

GV II

Warehouse, now shop. Probably early C19; altered. Brick in Flemish bond with sandstone dressings (front painted white), roof probably slate. Rectangular plan at right-angles to street. Basement and 4 storeys; the gabled 3-window symmetrical facade has a central loading slot with 3 stages above ground floor, fixed windows to the first 2 stages and a loading door at the top stage with a small hoist above, and a doorway at ground level with glazed double doors; the ground floor has C19 shop windows with pilasterd architraves and large foliated consoles at the ends of the fascia boards; the upper floors have square windows flanking the loading slot, with raised sills, rectangular lintels and altered glazing. The west side wall has four 4-pane windows on each floor, raised sills and wedge lintels (but all blocked internally). INTERIOR: each floor, including the cellar, has a series of 8 large beams at approx. 2 metre intervals, mostly chamfered but some boxed or replaced; the top floor has 3 kingpost roof trusses with fishbone struts, and 2 pairs of purlins.

Listing NGR: SD5428529407