front onto

front onto (something)

To be positioned in the direction of something. I want a bedroom that fronts onto the park behind the house.

front onto

To be facing something. Used especially of buildings: The living room windows front directly onto the street.

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The scheme would reach up to four storeys and comprise three detached buildings with a landscaped courtyard and a fourth building containing a ground floor commercial unit which would front onto Bristol Road and enclose the site.

Student flat scheme gets green light

Two of the retail units front onto the pedestrianised Fargate Street with six fronting the adjoining retail arcade of Chapel Walk.

Deal snapshot: AEW UK REIT BUYS SHEFFIELD PROPERTIES FOR GBP 5.3M

Once the embroidery is complete, re-place the pattern front onto the fabric; retrace if necessary, and then cut out.

Sew beautiful's boy's vintage swimsuit

The council has already acquired Marland House and St David's House which both front onto the train and bus stations.

'Final piece in the jigsaw'of city centre redevelopment plan

The properties front onto Bridle Road, close to Dunningsbridge Road, giving quick access to the M57 and M58.

Units on sale for pounds 1.25m

The new store which will be built on land at Grange Road and Oliver Street will be approximately 90,000 square feet when completed and will front onto Grange Road - part of the main shopping area.

Work to begin on new supermarket; Asda scheme will create350 new jobs

The kitchen is open plan with a family room which has French doors to the rear and some to the front onto a terrace with views of the coast.

Rise above it all to live in lap of luxury over Langland Bay; A dip in the Mediterranean terrace pool is one way to enjoy the view

However, Wilkin is not one to find excuses and paid credit to Trinity's tenacity and game plan while trying to put a positive front onto his own team's demise.

Football: Boro need to knuckle down says Wilkin

The parish council is seeking the reduction because many homes in the village front onto the road, linking the A1(M) Blind Lane junction, at Chester-le-Street, with Washington.

Speed cut bid

The core of the new town centre will front onto the River Dargle incorporating shops, cinemas, bars, a hotel, restaurants, community facilities and public plazas.

EUR2bn sea town plan

To analyze a wafer surface, the nanotopography system projects a flat wave front onto the wafer.

Optics map nano defects. (Vacuum/Thin Film)

Nearly all of the existing fabric on the site has been demolished, though the GBS Theatre and most rooms on that front onto Gower Street have been retained.

DRAMATIC REGENERATION

Phase three would see two more towers built, of ten and 14 storeys respectively, which will front onto Well Lane and also contain a mix of retail, residential and office space.

Sky high vision as Beorma plan finally revealed with more floors; Long-awaited Digbeth proposals a step nearer

The new premises, which will front onto Chapel Street, will allow the shop to offer seating to its customers for the first time.