Entry Name: 51 and 53, King Street

Listing Date: 10 January 1975

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1195128

English Heritage Legacy ID: 383647

 

Mirrored pair of houses. Early C19. Solid rendered walls. Slated roof. Rendered chimney on each side wall. 3 storeys; garret at No.53.

 

Each house 1 window wide with paired doorways in the centre, set in a single opening. Door at No.51 is
6-panelled, that at No.53 four-panelled, both with flush bottom panels. Combined flat hood, probably a C20 replacement. In front, 4 steps of Devonian limestone, partly repaired with cement.

 

Each house has a flat-topped, canted bay window in ground storey; that at No.53 is C19 with moulded top cornice and sashes, the middle sashes each with 3 upright glazing bars. Second-storey window at No.51 (segmental-headed) and third-storey window at both houses have barred sashes: 2 over 2 panes in second storey and 6 over 6 panes in third storey of No.51, 4 over 4 panes in third storey of No.53. Second-storey window at No.53 widened in C20.

 

Rusticated pilaster strips down left side of building and in centre, stopping rather eccentrically above the paired doors. Eaves-cornice with small, closely-set moulded brackets. Flat-topped dormer at No.53, glazed at front and sides.