Survey Data
Reg No
20862037
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
House
In Use As
Shop/retail outlet
Date
1870 - 1890
Coordinates
167490, 73321
Date Recorded
12/04/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Attached three-bay two-storey with attic house, built c.1880, with shopfront to ground floor. Pitched slate roof with cast-iron rainwater goods and gabled dormers. Red brick walls to first floor, laid in Flemish Bond, with projecting moulded brick eaves course. Camber-headed window openings with rubbed brick arches, stone sills and replacement windows. Timber shopfront comprising fluted engaged pilasters supporting bracketed capitals with decorative pediment motif and fascia board with painted lettering, brick stallriser and square-headed display window. Square-headed door openings having plain glazed overlights. Aluminium shutter to south doorway and timber panelled door to north. Street-fronted.
Appraisal
Located in the centre of Blackpool this shop with living accommodation above is characteristic of this commercial area. The fine shopfront is representative of the high quality design and execution of commercial premise in the late Victorian era. The red brick walling to the upper floor is an interesting contrast to the prevailing rendered facades in the area and contributes variety and texture to the streetscape.