18, Fore Street

HERTFORD

TL3212NE FORE STREET 817-1/17/64 (South side) 12/04/73 No.18

GV II

House with ground floor shop. Mid C19, with C20 alterations. Stucco front over brickwork, brown stock brickwork, laid to Flemish bond, with stucco dressings and ground floor to left-hand (east) flank elevation to Bell Lane. Welsh slated roof. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 2 bay facade to Fore Street, 7 bays to Bell Lane subdivided by pilasters as 1:3:3 bays. First floor has 2 recessed 12-pane sash windows, with frieze and cornice heads supported on consoles; second floor has 2 recessed 6-pane sashes, with plain frieze and moulded cornice above. First floor to Bell Lane has stucco pilasters, with caps matching the band and frieze cornice. 7 first-floor windows recessed in brick reveals with stucco heads as on Fore Street elevation and stucco sills; 7 second-floor windows, under rubbed brick flat arches, with brick reveals and stucco sills. Plat band at first-floor level covered by shop fascia on right-hand 3 bays to Bell Lane, and access Fore Street frontage. Early C20 shopfront, with corner entrance, recessed behind supporting Tuscan Doric columns raised on tall plinth. Arcaded timber windows in same general style as on No.16 (qv); canted fascia with dentils and moulded cornice above. To left of shopfront on Bell Lane ground floor has 2 recessed 12-pane sashes, and central arched window, under rubbed brick flat arch, giving access to rear yard. Rear elevation timber-framed and stuccoed over brick (partly C20 Fletton) ground floor. INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: TL3265512550