22, 23 AND 23A, SOUTH PARADE

TOWN OF DONCASTER SOUTH PARADE SE 5703 SE (south side)

7/98 Nos 22 and 23 and 23a (formerly 12.6.50 listed as 2 separate items)

GV II

House, now club and offices. Late C18 with minor later alterations. Stucco with painted stone dressings and concrete tile roof. Central hallway plan with rear staircase hall. Three storeys, with basement below 2 left hand bays. 7 bays; three central bays slightly advanced with rusticated quoins to ground floor, giant Ionic pilasters to first and second floors, pilasters coupled to corners, and moulded pediment. Plinth. Steps up to central semi- circular headed doorcase with 6 raised and fielded panelled door and traceried fanlight in moulded architrave, below Tuscan porch with pilasters flanking the door, plain frieze and modillioned cornice. To either side there are 12 pane sashes. First floor has wide sill band and 7 unequally hung full height 15 pane sashes, each with segmental ironwork balcony to front, except over the porch which has a similar style square balcony. Second floor has three 6 pane sashes and 4 plate glass sashes in original openings. All ground and second floor windows with projecting sills. Moulded cornice with blocking course to side bays. Plain frieze over the pilasters and moulded pediment to central bays. Roof is hipped to right and has rendered ridge stacks. Right return has panelled door with traceried overlight to ground floor and blind first and second floor openings. Interior of No 22 has moulded arch through to rear stairhall which has cantilevered stone staircase with ramped and wreathed handrail and alternating plain and interlaced panel cast iron balusters. Ground floor has good acanthus leaf and vine cornice to left room, reeded dado and panelling, and elliptical arch through to rear room with fan motifs in the spandrels. First floor central room has reeded cornice and bowed end, room to left of staircase has distyle in antis entrance. Panelled doors in panelled reveals elsewhere.

Listing NGR: SE5790803125