The Arcade

1. 1260 ARCADE STREET Nos 1 and 2 (The Arcade) TM 1644 NW 1/12

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1. An early C19 stuccoed archway which connects Arcade Street with King Street. It has a central feature with pilasters, frieze amid a cornice surmounted by a balustrade, and a central elliptical archway with a moulded stucco architrave and plain Ionic columns inset at thc corners. The central feature is flanked by 2 storeyed stuccoed wings, each of 2 window range. Some double-hung sashes with glazing bars and some C20 casements. The ground storey has a 3-light double-hung sash window on the north end and a C20 shop front on the south end. The interior of the archway is a plastered elliptical barrel vault in 3 sections. At the rear, in Arcade Street, the flanking wings are pedimented (one with a Diocletian window). The south end has a tall window of double-hung sashes with glazing bars.

Nos 1 and 2 form a group with the Corn Exchange and the Swan Inn, King Street.

Listing NGR: TM1616444577