38, West Cliff

PRESTON

SD5328 WEST CLIFF 941-1/8/280 (South West side) 27/09/79 No.38

GV II

Detached town house, now part of offices. Mid C19, altered. Red brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings and slate roof. Double-depth double-fronted plan. Two storeys over basement (with altered attic); a symmetrical 5-window facade, with clasping corner pilasters and slightly raised centre, stone plinth, interrupted string-course, plain frieze and moulded cornice with blocking course. The centre has a large stone porch composed of panelled square columns and pilasters, mounted on plinths with steps between and linked by simple balustrading, with anthemion and palmette decoration to the caps and a dentilled entablature with egg-and-dart frieze to the cornice, and a parapet; and a doorway with broad shouldered architrave and panelled double doors with overlight. The windows are 12-pane sashes, that over the door with a moulded architrave and cornice on consoles, and the others with raised bracketed sills and wedge lintels with raised keystones. Roof with C20 attic storey and gable chimneys. The left gable has a tall round-headed sashed stair-window with radiating glazing bars, a shorter but similar window above, and various 12-pane sashes. C20 rear wing to this side. Rear and INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SD5325228882