Description

CORNMARKET STREET
1.
1485
(East Side)
No 3
SP 5106 SW 8/305 12.1.54.
II* GV
2.
House and shop. RCHM 102. A C15 core with addition of top storey, possibly
made in C17. It was refronted in C18 and altered in 1934, when the small
South wing was rebuilt. The modern front consists of 4-storeyed stucco
with cellars, bands at the 2nd and 3rd floors and a modillioned cornice.
There is a modern shop front to the ground floor and 4 sash windows with
glazing bars in each floor, the ancient structure within is timber-framed.
Interior. RCHM page 169a. Includes the painted Room (on North of 2nd floor;
see
Oxoniensia I (1936) 144-150) which has late C16 wall paintings (between
1564 and 1581), C16 fireplace and C16 and early C17 panelling.
History. William Davenant, the friend of Shakespeare and Vitner, came to
live here in June 1603. The House became the Crown Inn in 1666.

Nos 1 to 3 (consec), 5, 8 to 10 (consec) and Nos 1 to 3 (consec) High Street
form a group.

Listing NGR: SP5134006215

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548740

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
• 
  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)