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LINCOLN SK97SE NEWPORT 1941-1/2/456 (East side) 28/11/90 No.70 St Nicholas House GV II Former vicarage, now offices. 1879. By William Watkins of Lincoln for the Rev. F W Blenkin. Queen Anne Revival style. Red brick and tile hanging with a hipped plain tile roof and 4 tall decorated brick stacks. EXTERIOR: first floor dentilled brick band, white plaster coved eaves. 2 storeys plus attics. Irregular west front, 4 bays, has an off-centre doorway with pedimented brick surround and panelled door. To the right, a large external stack which rises through the jettied and tile hung upper floor, and continues through a hipped dormer above. To the left, a large round headed stair window with small glazing bars. Beyond, a recessed section with a small window and 2 arches supporting a sleeping-balcony and balustrade, with 2 sashes. Beyond, 3 boarded sashes and above, a canted 3-light oriel window with sashes. South front has to the left a 4-light canted bay window with above, a tile hung section with 3 casements, the central one to the floor, with glazed doors. To the right, a 2 storey 3-light canted bay window with hipped roof, cross casements and keystones to the upper windows. Above, a single hipped dormer with tile hung cheeks. East front has a 3 window canted bay with 2 boarded windows to the right, and a single window above with a keystone. Above, 2 hipped dormers both with tile hung cheeks. Beyond, the irregularly fenestrated service wing has a small porthole and a tall stair light. INTERIOR retains its staircase and pierced screen, plus upper plaster barrel vaulted ceiling. Single ground floor fireplace, doors and skirting. (Curl JS: The Victorian Facade (W Watkins & Son, Architects, Lincoln): Lincoln: 1990-: 40). Listing NGR: SK9769872570

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