Description

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

SP2054NW BRIDGE STREET 604-1/10/13 (South side) 25/10/51 Nos.4 AND 5 Old Red Lion Shopping Centre (Formerly Listed as: BRIDGE STREET (South side) Nos.4 AND 5 Old Red Lion Inn)

GV II

Public house, now 2 shops. c1810 facade to possibly C17 building, C19 rear addition; altered 1980s. Brick; C20 tile and slate roofs. 2 storeys with attic; 2-window range with 2-storey wing to right and 3-storey, single-window range, No.5, to right. Steep roof to left range, slate roof to wing and deep parapet and slate roof to right range. Entrance to left range has baseless pilasters and Tuscan entablature to C20 door; elliptical-arched carriage entrance to wing and late C20 traditional-style shop front to right range. 1st floor has canted bay window with 8:12:8-pane horned sashes, probably C20, and 2 windows with sills and 12-pane horned sashes; French window to wing has cast-iron balcony; canted bay window with 2:4:2-pane horned sashes and 2 consoles to right end; 2 hipped dormers with 2-light casements, and C20 two-light casement to right end. C19 brick rear wings have been very much altered and extended as shopping centre. INTERIOR: some remaining early brickwork and broadly chamfered beam to ground floor of 2-unit front range; 1st floor has double collar truss with struts, end trusses with timber-framed infill and braced collar purlin; wind braces. Rear wing has 3-bay king-post roof with some exposed timber-framing to former end wall, and C19 three-bay king-post roof to addition. (Bearman R: Stratford-upon-Avon: A History of its Streets and Buildings: Nelson: 1988-: 16).

Listing NGR: SP2028654968

External Links

• Wikidata Q26499686

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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