Description

SHERSTON COURT STREET
ST 8485-8585
(south side)
8/99 Court House
12.12.51
GV II*

Section of former Court House, now house and village store.
Probable C16 origin rebuilt in c1680, altered in the C19 and C20.
Squared and coursed rubble rendered to north front with steeply
pitched plain clay tile roof and 2 stone stacks, that to right with
brick cap. L-shaped plan incorporating Nos 1 and 3 Cliff Road
(q.v.). Two-storey, 5-bay range with 4-pane C19 sashes to ground
floor 2 left bays and upper windows; large shop windows to
remainder. Large, elegant shell hood on ornately carved brackets
to doorway off-set to left, 2-leaf glazed door. Moulded plinth,
coved cornice. East end wall has 2 glazed openings with blocked
stone surrounds and 2 flush cambered-headed strainer arches above
moulded first floor string course.
Interior. Ground floor room to left has late C17 plaster ceiling
with central floral rose, moulded oval compartment and fig and oak
leaf sprays in the 4 corners. Late C17 staircase with square
newels and turned balusters, dado panelling and concealed C17
fireplace in first floor room to left. Evidence of further plaster
ceiling now lost in ground floor shop. Vaulted lock-up in
basement. C17 roof structure survives.
(N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Wiltshire, 1975)

Listing NGR: ST8522785960

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17534547

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings