10 And 12, Railway Street

HERTFORD

TL3212NE RAILWAY STREET 817-1/17/184 (South side) 12/04/73 Nos.10 AND 12

GV II

Houses with ground floor shops. Early/mid C19, the shops a possible later alteration. Yellow brick, laid to Flemish bond, with stucco dressings, Welsh slated roof over bracketed eaves. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys. First and second floors have 2 widely spaced triple sash windows, 4:12:4-pane, recessed in reveals under rubbed brick flat arches, with stucco sills; brick pilasters at ends with stucco band capitals. Ground floor has C19 shopfront at left, with plate glass closed window having 4 ventilating hoppers above, and with early C20 brown glazed brick stallriser, inner pilaster surround, and on left glazed door with margin-glazed fanlight above. Outer and central brick pilasters with stucco impost bands, now colourwashed, with entablatures above containing fascias of shopfronts, with moulded stucco cornice, which breaks forward above pilasters. Right-hand shopfront early C20, with moulded timber-frame to plate glass window. INTERIOR: crosswall construction with substantial timber beams appears to indicate ground floors have always been unsubdivided, simple newel stairs towards rear, with plainly finished rooms above; brick lined cellars. Together with Nos 6 & 8 Railway Street adjoining (qv) this development reflects the growing importance of shops in mid C19 Hertford.

Listing NGR: TL3270712653