Description

1. MARKET PLACE
1594 (Cheese Market)
No 29 (British Legion)
SU 1430 SW 1/307 28.2.52.
GV
II
2.
In yard behind street frontage, access through Nos 31 and 31A qv, circa 1680
house of Sir Samuel Eyre. 2 storeys, attic and semi-basement. Colourwashed
brick. Projecting rusticated brick quoins. 1st floor stringcourse. Deep moulded
and coved eaves cornice. Steep hipped old tile roof. 2 dormers. 5 windows
on 1st floor, flush framed sashes, glazing bars intact. 2 tripartite sash
windows on ground floor and central door altered, blocked in by modern brick
extension. Formerly there was a flat hood on richly carved acanthus scroll
brackets over door. Basement windows blocked or altered. In north wall, at
half landing level, an oak mullioned window. Interior has good staircase,
closed string, turned balusters, square newels. lst floor north- west room
has moulded panelling and fireplace. The semi-basement has reused heavy Cl5
moulded beams.

Nos 25 to 32 (consec) and the Market Hall form a group.

Listing NGR: SU1431730050

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26535449

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)