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

Recommended Books

• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)