Building MPM716 - 4 ST GEORGES WAY

Merchants house built c1696. Restored 1968-69 as a municipal lodging house. Doorcase typical of those found in London houses of the period, with a flat hood supported by representation of leaning figures. [1]

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House. c1700, restored C20. Stuccoed. Low pitch plain tile roof, brick stack to right of centre. 3 storeys, 5 bays, 2:1:2 with recessed centre bay. Ground floor horizontal rusticated. At centre 3 stone steps approach recessed 6-fielded panel door, panelled reveals and moulded architrave, triglyph and rosette frieze, flat hood supported on male caryatids. To left and right two 12-pane sashes set under flat arches with keystone. First and second floors each have two 12-pane sashes set under flat arches with keystone, band course and coped parapet. [2]

<1> Lloyd, David, 1974, Buildings of Portsmouth and Its Environs (Bibliographic reference). SPM481.

<2> Historic England, The National Heritage List for England (Index). SPM35.