Numbers 3, 4 and 5, Kingston Square, and Attached Railings
NUMBERS 3, 4 AND 5, AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 3, 4 AND 5, KINGSTON SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1292266
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Numbers 3, 4 and 5, Kingston Square, and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address:
- NUMBERS 3, 4 AND 5, AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 3, 4 AND 5, KINGSTON SQUARE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1292266
- Date first listed:
- 21-Jan-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Numbers 3, 4 and 5, Kingston Square, and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- NUMBERS 3, 4 AND 5, AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 3, 4 AND 5, KINGSTON SQUARE
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- NUMBERS 3, 4 AND 5, AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 3, 4 AND 5, KINGSTON SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Kingston upon Hull (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TA0964729182
Details
This List entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 30/03/2017
TA 0929 SE,
680-1/18/228
KINGSTON UPON HULL,
KINGSTON SQUARE (West side),
Nos.3, 4 AND 5 and attached railings
GV
II
Three houses, now offices and surgeries, and attached railings and steps. c1830, with late C19 and late C20 alterations.
MATERIALS: brick with rusticated stucco basements, painted ashlar dressings and slate roofs with two ridge and two gable stacks.
EXTERIOR: ground-floor sill bands, dentillated wooden eaves, those to No. 3 less elaborate. Two storeys plus basement and attics; nine-window range. Each house has three 12-pane sashes with rusticated keystone lintels, those to No. 3 unpainted. Above, No. 3, to right, has three shallow gabled dormers with three-light casements. No. 4 has a large box dormer with four small 12-pane sashes. No. 5 has a box dormer with a two-light glazing bar casement. Below, each house has two 12-pane sashes with rusticated keystone lintels, and to right a wooden doorcase with panelled pilasters and cornice, that to No. 3 renewed in a plainer form. Recessed doors with overlights. Basements have irregular fenestration. Outside, stone steps with spearhead railed balustrades, and matching area railings and gates with cast-iron openwork posts.
HISTORY: No. 3 was part of the salon of Hull’s celebrated Court Dressmaker Madame [Emily] Clapham. The business was established at No. 1 Kingston Square in 1887, and later extended to incorporate Nos. 2 and 3. Madame Clapham received orders from many leading society ladies, including Queen Maud of Norway, competing with the top London fashion houses.
Listing NGR: TA0965029175
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 387646
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
., accessed 30/03/2017 from www.hullcc.gov.uk/museumcollections [Madame Clapham]
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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