10, Bank Parade

PRESTON

SD5428NW BANK PARADE 941-1/14/24 (North side) 27/09/79 No.10 (Formerly Listed as: BANK PARADE Nos.1- 14 (Consecutive))

GV II

Town house, now flats. c.1840; altered. Red brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings and slate roof. Double-depth double-fronted plan with small rear extension. Two storeys over cellar, with added attic; 3 bays; symmetrical facade framed by broad pilasters of brick which have stone caps with roundels, plain frieze and moulded cornice over the whole, low blocking course with shallow triangular upstand. The centre, breaking forwards slightly, has a shallow porch (on 3 altered steps) which has columns with stiff-leaf caps and square abaci, an entablature with wreaths, dentilled cornice, and blocking course with shallow triangular upstand, and at 1st floor a recessed window under a cornice on consoles; the flanking bays have canted bay windows at ground floor, with raised sills, moulded cornices and blocking courses, and plain windows at 1st floor with raised sills and formerly both with wedge lintels (but that to the right replaced with an iron lintel); all these windows with altered glazing. Roof has 3 modern attic dormers and gable chimneys. Rear: small 2-storey extension on parallel axis, altered. INTERIOR: staircase with carved brackets and mahogany handrail (modern wrought-iron balusters); complete suite of cellar rooms, including front laundry with slopstone and washing boiler (no tunnel to front garden); otherwise, not inspected.

Listing NGR: SD5420928816