36, Cannon Street

PRESTON

SD5329SE CANNON STREET 941-1/11/49 (West side) No.36

II

Town house, now shops and offices (but top floor unoccupied at time of survey, 1989). c.1820, only slightly altered. Red brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings and slate roof. Double-depth single-fronted plan. Three storeys over cellar, 2 bays; round-headed doorway to the left, with doorcase of engaged Tuscan columns with square abaci, plain frieze and moulded cornice, panelled door and fanlight with radiating glazing bars; to the right, the head of an altered cellar window, and a large 16-pane sash at ground floor (lower leaf now lacking glazing bars); two 16-pane sashes on each upper floor, all with raised sills and wedge lintels; moulded gutter cornice. Chimney at junction with No.37 to the right. Rear: full-height stair window, with 20 large panes and a sashed opening at the bottom. INTERIOR: entrance lobby with glazed inner door and side windows which have coloured margin panes; moulded plaster cornice with rosettes; dog-legged staircase with stick balusters; ceilings of plaster on lath and reed.

Listing NGR: SD5397129212