Listed Building: No.157 Watling Street West (1040834)

House. Mid C18. Ironstone ashlar to street, C20 plain-tile roofs, brick end stacks. 2-unit central-staircase plan. 3-storey, 5-window range. Central 6-panel door with fanlight and painted moulded stone surround and moulded stone cornice. 12-pane sashes with moulded stone sills and segmental-arched heads with keyblocks to ground, first and attic floors. Plinth, painted limestone storey bands, deep moulded limestone cornice and plain stone-coped parapet. Central bay and strips either end break forward slightly. 2-storey brick extension to rear with catslide roof. Single-storey wing to rear left. Interior has fine closed well staircase with turned balusters from ground floor to attic; half cellar in well. Stone cellar. One original veined marble chimneypiece with fluted keyblock. Eared wood fireplace surround in upper room. Fitted cupboard with shaped shelves. Some panelled dados.

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Aug 17 2023 2:19PM