Description

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

SP2054NW HIGH STREET
604-1/10/115 (East side)
Nos.4 AND 5

GV II

Shop. 1920. By Osborn, Pemberton and White with FC Bayliss
(architect to WH Smith); for WH Smith and Son. Brick with
timber-frame facade; tile roof.
3 storeys; 3-window range. Large shop front has windows with
upper leaded lights, C20 doors with leaded overlights, end
consoles to cornice with canvas canopy; Tudor-headed entrance
to left end has plank door. 1st floor has 5-light transomed
oriels flanking 3-light window over embossed lead plaque with
quotation from Shakespeare; 2nd floor has 5-light windows with
enriched lintels and gablets with enriched barge-boards
flanking 3-light window. Good rainwater heads and downspouts;
plain bracket to old style painted sign. Rear extended to join
premises in Bridge Street, Nos 17 & 18 (qv).
INTERIOR: staircase with stick balusters has stained-glass
lights of famous authors: Shakespeare, Bacon etc. A good and
well-preserved example of the buildings in Stratford
influenced by the town's Elizabethan heritage, which was being
restored at the time.
(Information from Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office).

Listing NGR: SP2018054953

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26482985

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)