21, Church Street

CHURCH STREET 1. 5295 (West Side) No 21 SD 7442 2/13 19.5.50. 21 II GV 2. C18 2-storey rough cast. The central doorway has a cornice with dentils and a frieze over engaged Ionic columns. The 2 3-light windows in the ground floor are sunk, with a cornice over, of which the forward moulding is flush with the face of the stucco. The centre light is broader, and now there are glazing bars only on the upper halves of these windows. At the head of the jambs and mullions are brackets. The 3 single-light windows in the upper storey have good moulded architraves and glazing bars. The central window has a cornice with dentils on brackets and there is a plain string at cill level. At the eaves is a cornice and in the centre a pediment on brackets; the lower mouldings of the eaves cornice continue as a string across the pediment. In the tympanum is a rectangular panel and inside an oval moulded frame the initials and date with a doubled swag over, 1808 D J P. Over the front corners of the house are urn finials. See also No 23. Nos 1 to 23 (odd) form a group with the Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene, Nos 7 to 13 being buildings of local interest only.

Listing NGR: SD7442542026