13 And 14, Pembroke Street

PEMBROKE STREET 1. 1485 (South Side) Nos 13 & 14 SP 5106 SW 8/568 12.1.54. II* GV 2. House. 1 building. RCHM 139. Built by Richard Hannes in 1641. Altered in C18-19 and exterior and interior restored in 1948. 4-storeyed front with cellars, the ground and 1st floors being of stone and the upper floors of timber-framing. The north elevation has 2-storeyed 3-sided bays above which is the overhang of 2nd and 3rd floors which have modern sash windows, moulded wood cornice and small parapet. The ground floor bays have sashes and those in 1st floor have 3-light mullioned frames with returns. Between the bays is a pedimented doorway with a pulvinated frieze; above this is an oval moulded stone lunette. No 14 has an early C19 reeded doorframe. The south elevation has a staircase projection flanked by a gable on each side with an overhang at 2nd floor and it rests on arches and an ornamental fascia. The gables have moulded bargeboards and in the west side of the projection is an original 2-light stone ovolo-moulded window frame with a dentilled cornice above it. In each side of the projection are 2-storeyed 3-sided bays with moulded cornices and pendants above; in some the mullions remain but other lights have been replaced by sashes. On the east side of the projection is an original doorway with a later pedimented entablature; near this is a C18 lead rainwater cistern. Interior: RCHM p 173 b. Includes C17 staircase, fireplaces and a good internal porch to a 2nd floor room and some C18 panelling.

Nos 11 to 28 (consec) form a group.

Listing NGR: SP5131806023