Description

SHIPSTON ON STOUR SHEEP STREET
SP2540 (South side)
14/141 No. 21

GV II

Police station, now social aid centre. Dated 1874. Brick, in Flemish bond with
plinth, stone storey bands and stone coped parapet. Tile roof with stone coped
gable and brick end stacks. 2 storeys; 3-window range. L-shaped plan. To centre
a plank door with overlight. 2-light stone mullioned and transomed window to
immediate left. To left and right a 3-light stone mullioned and transoned
window. Windows and doors have quoined surrounds, hood moulds with label stops
and brick relieving arches. To first floor a range of three 3-light mullioned
and transomed windows with quoined surrounds. To centre of building a stone
coped gable, rising to ridge level, with a ball finial and moulded tablet to
centre inscribed in bas-relief 'VR/POLICE/STATI0Nl1874', Interior not inspected.
Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SP2570940564

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26275027

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990