Description

SJ 6634-6734 MARKET DRAYTON C.P. CHURCH STREET (north-
west side)

13/40 No. 10

GV II

House, latterly inn and shop. Dated 1654, remodelled in the mid-C18.
Timber framed. Partly rebuilt and eaves raised in rendered brick.
Plain tile roof. 2 framed bays. 2 storeys over basement. Plat
band and dentil brick eaves cornice. Integral brick end stack to left.
2-window front; first-floor 4-pane sashes with stone cills. Early
C19 former shop window to left consisting of small paned (5 x 3 panes)
flat-roofed canted bay with moulded cornice and boarded basement door
beneath. Mid-C19 flat-roofed canted bay to right with dentil cornice.
Central 2-leaf 4-panelled door with bracketed gabled porch. 2 steps
up with twisted wrought-iron handrails. Boarded passageway door to
right. Reset datestone above door. Interior: timber framed square-
panelled cross wall. Pairs of chamfered spine beams. Large open
fireplace in left-hand ground-floor room with chamfered lintel. Right-
hand ground-floor room with corner fireplace and wall cupboard with
H-hinges. This house was at one time The Sun or Rising Sun Inn.
In 1834 it became the shop for Weatherbys the clockmakers (probably
the date of the inserted shop window).

Listing NGR: SJ6755934104

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26306944

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)