7, Salisbury Street

KINGSTON UPON HULL

TA0730SE SALISBURY STREET 680-1/13/331 (West side) 12/11/73 No.7

GV II

House and adjoining wall. 1877-79, with mid C20 alterations. Probably by George Gilbert Scott Jnr for John Spyvee Cooper. Brick with pargeted panels and hipped plain tile roof with 2 panelled side wall stacks. Queen Anne style. Brick plinth, string courses, rebated eaves, moulded gutter and brackets. Windows mainly have brick flat arches. 2 storeys; 5-window range. Recessed centre has an 8-pane sash and above, a hipped dormer with a 2-light casement. Below, projecting brick doorcase with cornice and recessed 4-panel door with the overlight boarded-up. Projecting flanking bays have each a pair of 8-pane sashes and above, a shouldered shaped gable with a single wider 8-pane sash. Below, each has a large 6-pane casement replacing the bay window. Left return has to left a pair of 8-pane sashes and below them, a canted brick bay window with the windows boarded-up. To right, a boarded-up window with a shaped brick hoodmould. To right, a coped brick boundary wall with round-arched doorway and keystone to left, forming a link to the adjoining house. This building is part of a group of 8 houses by Scott, who was a leading exponent of the Queen Anne style. They are said to be the sole surviving examples of his highly regarded domestic architecture. (Padgett B & Moore N: George Gilbert Scott Houses in Kingston Upon Hull).

Listing NGR: 1291635