Numbers 221-233 With Attached Verandah

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SD 3317 SW; 664-1/11/72

SOUTHPORT, LORD STREET (west side), Nos. 221-233 (odd) with attached verandah

15/11/72

GV

II

Four shops with attached verandah. Probably c1860-90, in different builds and with various later alterations. Partly coursed sandstone rubble with quoins but mostly red brick with stone dressings (and part of this with red terracotta dressings). Eclectic style with some Italianate features. Four one-bay units at right-angles to the street. EXTERIOR: Two storeys except the fourth unit which has a tall added third storey. At ground floor the third unit (nos. 229 & 231) has a canted wooden-framed shop window flanked by recessed entrances with panelling, but the others all have C20 shop fronts. At first floor the first unit (nos. 221 & 223) is of stone and has a canted ashlar oriel of three round-headed lights with moulded heads, imposts and keystones, the centre rising into an open pediment; and an open-pedimented gable with a small roundel. The other three units all have canted flat-roofed oriels of four round-headed lights, with a modillioned cornice carried across; the second unit has a pedimented gable with modillions, the third has only a pitched roof, and the fourth (no. 233) has a tall third storey with a truncated pyramidal roof, a raised gabled centre containing a 2-centred arch with a 2/2 sash and terracotta enrichment in the tympanum, a run-out impost band, terracotta panels and panelled frieze; and a tall side-wall chimney to the right. The attached verandah is eight bays with cast-iron columns which have foliated pedestals, debased crocket caps, scrolled foliated brackets to the fascia beam, and a single-pitched glazed roof. INTERIOR: not inspected.

Forms group with Nos. 215-219 to the left (qv) and with Nos 235-241 to the right (qv); and the verandah is part of the series which characterizes this street.

Listing NGR: SD3347017242