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LINCOLN SK9771SW HIGH STREET
1941-1/11/148 (West side)
09/03/73 Nos.190 AND 191 GV II Shop with offices and flat above. 1896-97, altered mid C20 and
restored in original form 1992. By William Watkins of Lincoln
for Peacock & Willson's Bank. Brick with terracotta front made
by Doulton of Lambeth, and slate roof with 2 side wall stacks
with cornices. Gothic/Renaissance Revival style.
EXTERIOR: enriched first floor and eaves cornices, coped
central and side gables, ramped coped parapet, octagonal
pilasters, 4 of them topped with cupolas. Mullioned and
transomed windows, those in the central bays with ogee heads,
those in the flanking bays with rounded heads.
3 storeys plus attics, 4 bays. Ground floor, divided by
octagonal pilasters, has 2 elliptical arched openings, the
left one containing glazed double doors and fanlight, flanked
by glazed flat headed openings with top lights. Above, a
central octagonal pilaster, flanked by single 2-light windows,
and beyond, single canted oriel windows, 3 lights, with
parapets. Above again, a central niche with canopy, flanked by
single 3-light windows and beyond, single cross casements.
Above again, in the gable peak, a central double niche with
the date 1896 worked in the pierced crest. On either side, a
round headed window, the whole group under a common cornice.
Elaborate gable finial.
INTERIOR not inspected.
(Curl JS: The Victorian Facade (W Watkins & Son, Architects,
Lincoln): Lincoln: 1990-: 42; Buildings of England :
Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire: London: 1989-: 524).
Listing NGR: SK9746271023
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Sources
Books and journals Curl, J S , The Victorian Facade (W Watkins & Son, Architect, Lincoln), (1990), 42 Pevsner, N, Harris, J, Antram, N, The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire, (1989), 524
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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