Description

SP2055SW
604-1/8/100
09/02/72

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
HENLEY STREET
(North East side)
No.1

GV
II

Town house and shop. Early C19 refronting to earlier
timber-frame, possibly late C16 but probably rebuilt after
1641 fire which destroyed No.20 Bridge Street (qv). Roughcast,
brick rear additions; tile roof. L-plan. 2 storeys; 3-window
range. Top cornice. Entrance to right of centre has bracketed
pedimental gable over glazed door; entry to right end. Ground
floor has 3 late C19 shop windows with narrow lean-to roofs
and upper leaded glazing, that to right projecting; similar
3-light 1st-floor windows with leaded glazing. Entry passage
has exposed timber-framing. Rear has date: 1675: scratched in
roughcast and various C19 additions including long workshop
range. INTERIOR: chamfered beams. The home of William Smith,
haberdasher, reputed to have been Shakespeare's godfather.
(VCH (offprint): Styles P: The Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon
and the Parish of Alveston: London: 1946-: 15).

Listing NGR: SP2014755014

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26482981

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (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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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)