Description

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

SP2055SW GUILD STREET 604-1/8/96 (North side) No.16

GV II

Includes: No.1 JOHN STREET. Pair of houses. 1818-22. Brick with buff headers and stucco dressings; slate roof with hipped end and brick end and cross-axial stacks. Georgian style. 3 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range. Plain eaves. Round-headed entrance has doorcase with reeded pilasters and open pediment, fanlight with radial glazing bars over 6-fielded-panel door. Ground floor has later C19 canted bay windows with consoled cornices; upper floors have sills, and wedge lintels; all windows have plate-glass horned sashes. Right return similar: entrance has 6-flush-panel door; all windows have wedge lintels over 12-pane sashes, but 1st-floor left window has sash as front and 2nd floor has 6-pane sashes. Part of the early C19 development of the north part of Stratford, known as New Town. (Information from Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office).

Listing NGR: SP2021055112

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014