Description

CROSBY

SJ3198SW BEACH LAWN
778-1/6/17 (North East side)
No.16

GV II

House. Probably c1860-80; altered. Painted brick with some
painted stone dressings, slate roof. Free Gothic style.
Double-depth single-fronted plan with back extension.
EXTERIOR: two-and-a-half storeys, 1:1 windows, in 2 very
unequal portions: the principal portion has a canted bay
window at ground floor with a parapet which has Tudor-arched
pseudo machicolation; a Tudor-arched 3-light casement at 1st
floor; and a slightly set-back 2nd floor with corner
pinnacles, and a gable half-dormer with offsets and coped
gable with finial, containing a round-headed window. To the
right is a narrow set-back bay treated as a turret, with a
segmental-pointed doorway at ground floor. A small
Tudor-arched window at 1st floor, and a splayed top floor with
two small one-light windows and machicolated parapet.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
With No.17 attached to the left (qv), one of a pair of small
houses in fanciful Gothic style, forming an interesting foil
to the larger Italianate houses to the right (Nos 1-15 consec
qv).
All the listed buildings in Beach Lawn, together with those in
Adelaide Terrace, Bath Street, Marine Crescent and Marine
Terrace, form a group in the Waterloo Conservation Area of
Crosby.

Listing NGR: SJ3132498348

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26549002

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)