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LINCOLN
SK9771SE HIGH STREET
1941-1/12/158 (West side)
15/08/73 Nos.262 AND 262A
Garmston House
II
House, now a shop with offices above. Late C17, incorporating
part of a late C12 building. Refronted and extended c1772,
converted to a theatre and cinema c1911, restored and
reconverted 1991. Coursed rubble and brick, with stucco front
and slate roofs with 2 side wall stacks.
EXTERIOR: chamfered quoins, projecting pedimented centre,
modillion cornice, parapet with balustrade panels. 2 storeys;
3 window range with renewed glazing.
Full width wooden shopfront, 1991, in a pastiche C19 style,
with central panelled double door and fanlight flanked by
turned double columns. On either side, a segment arched shop
window flanked on the outer side by a single column.
Above, a central round arched window with Ionic flanking
pilasters with entablatures, moulded head and keystone. On
either side, a Venetian window of similar design, with
corbelled sill.
INTERIOR is known to contain in the north wall a late C12
twinned recess with shallow pointed arches and joggled
voussoirs. Fragments remain of a C17 roof, altered c1765.
(Buildings of England : Lincolnshire: Pevsner N: Lincolnshire:
London: 1989-: 520; Jones SR: Lincoln Civic Trust Annual
Report 1985 & 1991).
Listing NGR: SK9757271472 | Subjects: | Cinema Building Theatre | Temporal: | 1167 - 1199 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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