51 And 52, St Thomas'S Street

PORTSMOUTH

SZ6399 ST THOMAS'S STREET 774-1/12/109 (South East side) 30/10/69 Nos.51 AND 52

GV II

Pair of houses. C18/early C19; No.52 altered late C20. No.51 red brick in Flemish bond, No.52 stuccoed. Plain tile hipped roof, brick stack to right on No.52 and rendered shortened capped stack to left on No.51. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attic, 1 bay each. No.51 had door on left with 6 moulded and fielded panels, and overlight with lattice glazing bars, pilasters with bracketed flat hood carried across bow window. 2 stone steps with attached guard rails. To right a tripartite 2-storey bow window with central 12-pane sash and 8-pane flanking sashes, panelled aprons, reeded pilasters dividing lights on first floor, frieze and modillion cornice on each floor, the friezes ornamented with vase and swag mouldings. No.52 has 16-pane C20 sash on ground floor; 1st floor has similar bow window to No.51 but with plain frieze. 12-pane second floor sash to Nos 51 and 52, that of No.51 set under rendered flat arch. Dentilled brick eaves band to No.51, plain band to No.52; coped parapet. No.52 has hipped dormer and No.51 has C20 dormer. On right return No.52 has 6-panelled door at centre set under rounded arch. Flanking sashes of 16 panes on ground floor, 12 panes on 1st floor, and 9 panes on 2nd floor. 4-pane sash over door at second floor only. Access door to yard on right set in boundary wall. Windows and doors to No.52 C20 replacements. INTERIOR not inspected. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Lloyd DW: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: Harmondsworth: 1967-: 453).

Listing NGR: SZ6327399424