Description

WHITCHURCH URBAN C.P. HIGH STREET (south-west
SJ 5441
side)
8/104 No. 56
-
GV II

House, now shop and surgery. Early to mid-C18. Red brick, painted to
front, with some sandstone dressings. Plain tile roof. 2 storeys.
Chamfered stone quoins and parapeted gable ends with rounded copings and
moulded stone kneelers. 3 bays; tall plate-glass first-floor sashes
with painted moulded stone cills and painted gauged-brick heads with
raised keystones. Central window blocked. Late C20 shopfront with plate-
glass window to left and half-glazed door to right. Sun fire insurance
plate (No. 414194) between central blocked first-floor window and right-
hand window. Interior: post-1720 eighteenth century dog-leg staircase
(now only from first floor to attic) with open string, column-on-vase
balusters (2 per tread), moulded handrail and square newel posts. C18
first-floor door between front and rear ranges with 2 raised and fielded
panels.

Listing NGR: SJ5409441645

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26473041

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)