Description

TL 5502 ONGAR HIGH STREET (E side)
9/77 No 152 Wren House (formerly
27/8/52 listed as the Wren Shop)
GV II
Shop. C16 with C18 features. Timber framed and plastered with red plain tiled
roof, hipped and sprocketted to High Street and right return to Church Approach.
Projecting eaves with moulded cornice. 2 storeys. 1 front and 2 return, late
Cl8 small paned vertical sliding sash windows in moulded architraves. Ground
floor, front face with C18 small paned bow window and C20 part glazed door in
original opening. 3 pilasters with plain bases and moulded capitals, moulded
and dentilled window and door heads, plain fascia with projecting, moulded
cornice above. Door approached by 3 steps with wrought iron baluster rails.
Right return with 2 Cl8 small paned vertical sliding sash windows. Central C20,
3 board door with Cl8 surround and moulded soffit to flat canopy with brackets.
Central red brick chimney stack.

Listing NGR: TL5531602978

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26417151

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)