24 And 26, Low Pavement

NOTTINGHAM

SK5739NW LOW PAVEMENT 646-1/20/357 (South side) 11/08/52 Nos.24 AND 26

GV II*

Also known as: Vaults Hall LOW PAVEMENT. 2 town houses, now offices. c1733 and late C18, restored late C20. Red brick with painted ashlar dressings and plain tile roofs with 2 gable and 2 rear wall stacks. Moulded eaves cornice. 3 storeys plus attics; 8 window range. Double depth plan. Windows are 12-pane sashes with moulded surrounds and cornice keystones. Ground floor has in the centre 4 windows flanked by wooden doorcases with pediments, the right one Ionic, the left Doric. Original moulded panelled door to right, beaded panelled door to left. Attics have 4 hipped dormers. Rear elevation has to right a symmetrical front, mid C18, 4 storeys; 5 window range. Graduated courses of glazing bar sashes, all with shaped lintels, with first floor sill band and modillion eaves cornice. Central wooden doorcase with pediment on scroll brackets, 6-panel door and fanlight. Large irregular gabled wing to left. INTERIORS: now linked, retain various original features including a wooden dogleg stair with paired twist and turned balusters and ramped handrail, service stair with stick balusters, and winder stair with intersecting string and turned balusters. On the ground floor, a large wooden fireplace, late C18, and an incomplete panelled room. On the first floor, a fully panelled room and a late C18 fireplace. Other rooms have moulded cornices, friezes, niches and panelled doors. The cellars were formerly used by the Woolstaplers. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London: 1979-: 230).

Listing NGR: SK5739739671