Description

TEWKESBURY

SO8932 HIGH STREET
859-1/6/268 (East side)
Nos.144 AND 145

GV II

House in row, with shop. c1870s. Flemish bond brickwork, tile
roof. Three storeys, 2+2-windowed; plain sashes to segmental
heads with keystone, on deep stone cills with brackets. The
ground floor has a bold shop front with deep recessed central
glazed doors, set back behind the main fascia, which is
carried on 2 slender cast-iron columns. To the left a boldly
modelled panelled door under a transom-light with segmental
head. The fascia with moulded cornice has a raised segmental
pediment above the main doors, and heavy console brackets. A
full-width band of interlaced decoration runs above the
fascia, immediately below the first-floor cills. There are
yellow brick flush cill and head bands at each level, and a
modillion eaves with cornice, blocking course and coped
parapet. There are brick stacks to left and right. INTERIOR
not inspected.
This is a late rebuild in the High Street, which has been kept
in scale with adjacent properties, but expressed in a
forthright late Victorian way, with a bold shop front design.
Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SO8930732740

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497005

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Recommended Books

• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)