17, 19 and 21 Bethlehem Street

GRIMSBY

TA2609SE BETHLEHEM STREET 699-1/21/13 (South side) 31/10/74 Nos.17, 19 AND 21

GV II

Houses, now houses and shops. 1781 with later alterations, including early C19 shop fronts. Brick, painted to Nos 17 and 19, rendered to No.21. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 3 first-floor windows. No.21, to left, has a wooden doorcase with slender side panels and a frieze containing half-round ribs with bulb finials, moulded cornice and hood. Small shop front adjoining to left (originally with bow window) has plate-glass window in original wood surround with ribbed pilasters surmounted by brackets with pyramidal heads, and entablature with plain frieze, moulded cornice and hood. No.19, to centre, has a larger C19 shop front with a former doorway and a single window, both with C20 plate-glass, in a surround with fluted pilasters and brackets, panelled frieze, cornice and hood. No.17 has C20 shop front to right of this in a similar C19 style with a part-glazed panelled door and shop window in a wood surround with panelled pilasters, brackets, entablature and hood. Segmental-headed passage entrance to far right. First floor has 6/6 sliding sash with sill to No.21 and 2 C20 windows to Nos 17 and 19 with imitation glazing bars. 2 painted oval panels to right inscribed "WA" and "1781". Stepped and dentilled brick eaves cornice to Nos 17 and 19, plain rendered cornice to No.21. Raised stone-coped gable to left. INTERIOR: not inspected. (Grimsby - Action for Conservation: Grimsby Borough Planning Department: List of buildings of local architectural or historical interest: Grimsby Borough Council: 1972-: NO.24; Grimsby Planning Department: Central Conservation Area: Grimsby Borough Council: 1990-: NO.24; Grimsby Planning Department: Top Town Trail: Grimsby: 1989-: NO.4).

Listing NGR: TA2672509166