1 And 3, Parliament Square

HERTFORD

TL3212NE PARLIAMENT SQUARE 817-1/17/152 (East side) Nos.1 AND 3

GV II

Emporium, now shops with offices above. c1870. Yellow brick front, now colourwashed, Welsh slated roof above brick dentil cornice with moulded band; square blocking pieces (above pilasters on facade) with terracotta urn finials. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 4-bay facade, with additional bay at left above carriageway. Second floor with 4 tall 8-pane sash windows, set on stuccoed sills,and recessed under rubbed brick flat arches. Pilaster at left and right, similar window in bay at left. First floor has full width showroom window, 6 bays, subdivided into 2 and 3 lights by moulded glazing bars, with flat bell caps, and by intermediate mullions and transoms. Pilasters with Corinthian caps and foliated reeded consoles, with fascia with moulded band and bold moulded cornice above. At second-floor level, left-hand bay has single recessed 8-pane sash window. Ground floor has plain pilasters with stucco blocks at first-floor level, roll and projecting plinth bases, with 2 full width C20 timber shopfronts with plate glass windows; carriageway to rear at far left. INTERIOR: not inspected. Forms a significant street frontage group with Nos 5 & 7 (qv).

Listing NGR: TL3262412532