Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Date of Designation
30/12/2005
Date of Amendment
30/12/2005
Name of Property
1 Newboro Terrace
Address
1 Newboro Terrace
Location
The SW end of a terrace and on the corner of Upper Gate Street.
History
One of a terrace of 6 houses built in the 2nd half of the C19 and shown on the 1889 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
Belongs to a group of 1-6 Newboro Terrace.
A terrace of six 2-storey 2-bay late-Victorian town houses in 3 pairs with stepped roof line, of pebble-dashed front with smooth-rendered eared architraves and 1st-floor sill bands, slate roof hipped to the L end (No 1) and shared roughcast stacks, except for a brick stack between Nos 2 and 3 and axial stack to No 1. Openings are offset to the L side in Nos 2-5, and offset to the R side in Nos 1 and 6.
No 1, painted white, is on the corner of Upper Gate Street and has rendered quoins. Its entrance in the R-hand bay has a panel door and overlight. The L-hand bay has a pair of 12-pane horned sashes in the lower storey (replacing a bay window shown in an early photograph) and porthole window further L (in the position of an original doorway). The 1st floor has single 12-pane horned sash windows. The 2-bay elevation to Upper Gate Street has renewed 12-pane horned sash windows.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as part of a late C19 row of terraced houses retaining definite original character, and for its contribution to the overall historical townscape.
Group Description
1-6 Newboro Terrace
A terrace of six 2-storey 2-bay late-Victorian town houses in 3 pairs with stepped roof line, of pebble-dashed front with smooth-rendered eared architraves and 1st-floor sill bands, slate roof hipped to the L end (No 1) and shared roughcast stacks, except for a brick stack between Nos 2 and 3 and axial stack to No 1. Openings are offset to the L side in Nos 2-5, and offset to the R side in Nos 1 and 6.
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