8 And 10, South Parade

SK69SE BAWTRY SOUTH PARADE (east side) 10/30 Nos 8 and 10 (formerly 5th June 1968 listed as part of Nos 2, 8, 10 and 12) GV II Pair of houses now partly commercial premises. Late C18, altered. Red brick in Flemish bond, Welsh slate and pantile roof. 3 storeys; 3:1:3-bay symmetrical composition with carriageway to recessed central bay. Brick plinth, rusticated ashlar quoins. No 10, on left, has central 6-panel door and overlight with intersecting-tracery glazing bars in architrave, fluted frieze with paterae beneath dentilled pediment. Flanking sashes with glazing bars have projecting stone sills and rubbed-brick, cambered arches with double keystones. 1st-floor windows the same, blind central window. 2nd floor: 6-pane sashes in matching openings with single keystones, blind central window. No 8, on right, as No 10 but with later door and large shop window inserted on its right; upper windows have flush wooden architraves. Centre bay, forming part of No 8, has panelled double door beneath rusticated flat arch with keystone; windows above as rest, the 2nd-floor window has segmental head being set beneath the keyed round arch of the central recess. Modillioned eaves cornice to hipped roof with rendered stacks flanking the centre and brick end stacks; roof of No 10 replaced in Welsh slate. Interior: No 10 has dog-leg staircase with square newels and finely-turned balusters to ramped handrail. Contemporary fireplaces in front ground-floor rooms.

Listing NGR: SK6511392750