Description

ST6432
6/88

CASTLE CARY CP
MARKET PLACE (West side)

Messrs. Parker's shop, with house

GV
II

Shops and houses. C18, but refronted C19. Local stone rubble, rendered and colourwashed on facade, painted stone
dressings; Welsh slate roof to shallow pitch, hipped at east end; brick chimney stacks. Built on a curve; 3 storeys, 6
bays. To upper bays and lower bay 2 are 4-pane sash windows in beaded surrounds, that to bay 4 first floor larger than
the rest; to lower bay 1 a plain C20 shopfront with door to left, to lower bay 3 a 6-panel door with glazed toplights
in beaded semi-circular arched surround, with radial glazed fanlight; early C20 shopfronts, adapted, to bay 4 and to
bays 5 and 6, both with central recessed doorways. Return elevation to Knights Way not rendered, but with matching
openings and doorway, the sash windows have 12-panes and are probably late C18; open timber lean-to covered way and
porch on circular cast-iron columns, protected by railings. Interior not seen. Buildings included primarily for group
and streetscape value in the heart of the town.

Listing NGR: ST6410432401

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26472270

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair