Description

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5268 HIGH STREET
(South Side)
No 43 (The Toft)
TA 1767 NW 1/9 7.9.51.
II* GV
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Built in 1673, refronted mid C19. 3 storeys in red brick with pantile roof and
moulded eaves cornice. Originally of 2 storeys and attics. 2-1-1 windows, the
3rd bay from the left breaks forward, hung sashes with glazing bars, rusticated
lintels with keystones. 1st floor windows have hood on console brackets. 2 windows
to ground floor have shutters. String courses to cills. Brick plinth with foot
scraper. Entrance of fluted Tuscan pilasters and cornice, panelled reveals. Door
of 5 fielded panels under 4-light rectangular fanlight. To left, door of 6 fielded
panels with 3-light rectangular fanlight under rusticated lintel.
Interior is a fine example of unusual late C17 work, with panelling, elaborate
over-doors, and good staircase with finials and pendants.

Nos 29 to 35 (odd), 35A to 69 (odd), 73 to 93 (odd) form a group. Nos 37
to 4l (odd) are of local interest.

Listing NGR: TA1735867827

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17554491

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Old House Care and Repair