8, Long Street

1. 1042 LONG STREET (East Side) No 8 SU 0061 4/23 9.4.54.

II* GV

1. Dated 1737 on rain water head. 3 storeys and cellars. Rusticated ashlar ground floor on projecting plinth, with deep stone strings at lst and 2nd floor levels and over 2nd floor windows, stuccoed parapet with moulded stone coping. Upper part brick framed with stone pilasters, with strings biting over. Slightly projecting central feature with narrow vertical stone edging, parapet breaking forward over, and central panel with stone surround, the head of 2nd floor panel formed by string. The 1st floor panel segmental headed. On ground floor, central 6-panel door with plain arched fanlight, plain architrave and keystone, and surround of narrow pilasters double scroll brackets and segmental moulded stone hood. Hipped slate roof. 4 windows to 2nd floor, with flat stone surrounds and keystones. 2 Palladian windows on 1st floor, the central window, flat headed, with square Ionic piers and entablature with convex frieze. Architrave to arch over with solid stone tympanum. 4 windows on ground floor in arched recesses with radiating voussoirs and keystones. 2 cellar windows. All glazing bars altered. The back of the house is brick with stone quoins and window surrounds. 3 windows and later one-storey addition. Fine cast lead rainwater heads on ends at back of house. Good lion head brass knocker and handles. Contemporary panelling and enriched plaster ceilings.

Nos 8 to 30 (consec) form a group.

Listing NGR: SU0053361273