Number 5 And Attached Railings

PRESTON

SD5428NW BANK PARADE 941-1/14/20 (North side) 27/09/79 No.5 and attached railings (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 single-fronted plan with a back extension. Three storeys over basement, 2 bays; stone plinth, 1st floor band, plain frieze and moulded cornice. Doorway to left (up 3 steps) has a semi-elliptical head of gauged brick, a set-in doorcase of three-quarter columns with stiff-leaf capitals and square abaci, a moulded entablature with little modillions, a door with round-headed panels, and a plain fanlight with Greek-key surround. The ground floor has a canted bay with a cellar window in the plinth, 4-pane sashed glazing and a moulded cornice with blocking course, and both upper floors have 4-pane sashes with wedge lintels, those at 2nd floor with raised sills. Chimney stack at junction with No.4 to the right. Rear has small canted bay at ground floor, 12-pane sashes above, and 2-storey back extension with sashes including one with 16 panes. INTERIOR not inspected, but cellar probably connects by tunnel under road to garden opposite, which has spear railings with urn finials.

Listing NGR: SD5424628828