23 And 24, King Street

KING STREET 1. 1605 (West Side) No 23 & No 24 TA 0488 4/166 22.12.53.

II* GV

1. Formerly the York Hotel. Mid C18 with late C18-early C19 alterations, originally one property. 3 storeys and basement good red brick front on stone plinth with stone quoins and moulded stone string across 1st floor. Wood frieze and moulded cornices. 2 bag front, recessed sashes, 4 panes wide, with rubbed flat arches to left hand and to right, above and splayed in to ground floor window, a 2 storey segmental bow with tripartite sashes, glazing bars intact. Sliding Yorkshire casement to basement, Central door of 6 fielded panels with large rectangular fanlight of diamond and triangular pattern. Stone doorcase of eared architrave, pilaster strips and carved scroll brackets to cornice-hood. 2 storey roughcast wing to rear, former public house front with pilasters and cornice on ground floor. Single and paired sashes on 1st floor, glazing bars intact. Though divided into 2 properties the rooms in both parts retain fielded panelling. In the part now No 23 corner fireplaces and good staircase: closed string, turned balusters with moulded rail and square newels.

The Brewery Stores and Nos 21 to 24 (consec) form a group.

Listing NGR: TA0440488630