Caistor House No 19

TA 1001-1101 CAISTOR MARKET PLACE (West Side)

9/70 Caistor House No 19(formerly listed 1-11-66 as on Plough Hill)

G.V. II

Flats, formerly house, C17 with late C18 refronting. Stuccoed brick with slate hipped roof and single central stack. 3 storey 5 bay front. Block stands on a platform with plinth and dentillated cornice. Central entrance bay defined by full height Ionic pilasters with pediment. 3 steps up to central 6 panelled door in semi-circular headed opening with curvilinear traceried fanlight and panelled reveals. Doorcase is crudely decorated with a dowel imitation of reeding with dentillated frieze. Above door is a plain panel bearing the date '1682', which cannot be trusted. Doorway covered by an open porch supported by a pair of round Ionic pillars with a pair of similar pillars in antis flanking the door. Full entablature. Flanked by single glazing bar sashes in painted plain stone surrounds with plain cornices on dentils. Central semicircular headed first floor glazing bar sash flanked by plain pilasters with moulded hood mould. Above centre of window is a proud lozenge flanked by stone shields of arms. Central window is flanked by pairs of glazing bar sashes with painted stone surrounds and plain dentillated cornices with beneath stucco anthemiae brackets. To second floor is a central circular glazing bar fixed light with moulded stone surround. Flanked by 2 smaller glazing bar sashes with painted stone surrounds and anthemion brackets. In the pediment is a lion's head.

Listing NGR: TA1182601324