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27 and 28, Wood Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.1928 / 52°11'33"N

Longitude: -1.7093 / 1°42'33"W

OS Eastings: 419965

OS Northings: 254987

OS Grid: SP199549

Mapcode National: GBR 4LT.DPG

Mapcode Global: VHBY0.B46V

Plus Code: 9C4W57VR+47

Entry Name: 27 and 28, Wood Street

Listing Date: 9 February 1972

Last Amended: 4 April 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1187874

English Heritage Legacy ID: 366463

ID on this website: 101187874

Location: Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37

County: Warwickshire

District: Stratford-on-Avon

Civil Parish: Stratford-upon-Avon

Built-Up Area: Stratford-upon-Avon

Traditional County: Warwickshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire

Church of England Parish: Stratford on Avon Holy Trinity

Church of England Diocese: Coventry

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Description


STRATFORD UPON AVON

604-1/9/261 WOOD STREET
04-SEP-03 (South side)
27 AND 28



(Formerly listed as:
WOOD STREET
26 AND 28)

II
Town house, now office and shop. Early C16; 1st lease dated
1535, but may incorporate some earlier work as site was
tenanted back to 1440s; no evidence of fire here in late C16.
Timber-frame and plaster and some brick infill; renewed tile
roof with cross-axial stack.
2 storeys; 4-window range; upper floor jettied on exposed
soffit timbers on both fronts (Wood and Rother Streets).
Ground floor has C20 shop windows and entrances, some
decorative brick nogging below and between windows; 1st floor
has small square window, large and small 3-light windows, the
latter possibly originally oriel, 2-light window to right end,
all at least early C19, with leaded glazing. Wall posts to
ground floor and dragon beam with simply carved face and
simple enrichment to ?C20 post.
Right return to Rother Street has shop windows; 1st floor has
two C20 leaded 3-light casements; 3-light window to attic;
wing of single storey and attic to right has close studding
over shop window and gabled dormer with 2-light leaded
casement. Bracketed corner post supporting dragonbeam. Early
C19 casements. Early central stack; old tiles. C20 shop
fronts. Rear has some exposed timber-frame and gabled wing and
catslide roof to wing with large flat-roofed C20 dormer
window.
INTERIOR: exposed beams, some broadly chamfered, and fireplace
with bressumer.
(Bearman R: Stratford-upon-Avon: A History of its Streets and
Buildings: Nelson: 1988-: 61).

Listing NGR: SP1996554987

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