85 And 87, Cornwall Street B3

CORNWALL STREET 1. 5104 City Centre B3 Nos 85 and 87 SP 0687 SE 28/12 21.1.70 II* GV 2. 1899, by William Henman and Thomas Cooper for Dr J E Parrott. In an Arts and Crafts style and as subtly asymmetrical as it is interesting. Brick and stone. Three storeys plus attic; 3 bays beneath a big gable plus a fourth narrow bay representing the plane of the street and with a narrow sash window in moulded surround on each floor. Ground floor rectangular in plan with 2 arched windows on the left, the entrance up steps within an arched porch and 3 narrow flat-headed sash windows on the right. Above the rectangular ground floor 2 canted bay windows rise through first and second floors divided by french windows above the entrance that give on to the balconies formed by a balustraded arcade at first floor level and by a range of Tuscan columns at second floor level. The fenestration of the 2 bay windows completely different and the left-hand one at first floor level even seems to indicate 2 floors. In the gable a tripartite window beneath a semi-circular pediment; either side of the gable a pedimented dormer window. Nothing inside. One of an important group of houses.

Listing NGR: SP0665687093