12,14 AND 16, FORE STREET

HERTFORD

TL3212NE FORE STREET 817-1/17/62 (South side) 12/04/73 Nos.12, 14 AND 16

GV II

3 houses, now shops with offices above. Mid C18, rebuilt and heightened mid C19, early C20 shopfronts on ground floor. Stucco over brick, rear has red brick laid to Flemish bond to the ground and first floors, and yellow-brown stock brick in Flemish bond to second floor, Welsh slated roof above deep moulded eaves cornice, and red brick chimneystack at left. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 5-bay front. First floor has 5 nearly flush-set 12-pane sash windows, plat band at second-floor level, and 5, 6-pane sash windows. Ground floor has bold stuccoed surrounds to shopfronts at sides and centre, and twin Tuscan pilasters, raised on plinth, supporting twin profiled consoles with ogee fronted blocking piece and curved moulded cornice. Deep fascias with dentil cornices. At left, early C20 timber shopfront with plate glass windows and column mullions with arcaded heads, having upper lights with multiple closely spaced mullions. Recessed door at right; right-hand shopfront late C20 recessed within original surround. Rear elevation retains 2 flush-set mid C18 sash windows below segmental arches at right on first floor, with filled voids for 2 on left discernible. The change of brick above indicates the raising and rebuilding of the second floor. INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: TL3264612551