Description

THORNBURY HIGH STREET
5/63ST 6389 (west side)

21.9.52 No 30 (Bristol and
West Building Society)
(formerly listed as
premises situated at
right angles and
to the east of
Post Office)
GV
II*

C16 origins, altered and extended in late C18/early C19.
L-plan.
Block parallel to road is renderd on timber frame. Pantile roof. Two storeys - first
floor is jettied out on wooden brackets. East elevation has 4-light king mullion and
chamfered mullion casement; glazing bar sash and modern picture window on ground
floor. North gable wall has elaborate C19 bargeboard, glazing bar sash window on
first floor and early C19 door and picture window on ground floor.
Rear wing (north) is early C19. Render lined out as ashlar. Pantile roof. Three
storeys one window, 16-pane glazing bar sash. Six panel door at left.
Interior: Windbracing in roof. Timber frame is evident. Large chamfered beams.
Important townscape feature closing south end of wider part of High Street.

Listing NGR: ST6365889969

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17556425

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: 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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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)