Latitude: 52.1887 / 52°11'19"N
Longitude: -1.7093 / 1°42'33"W
OS Eastings: 419972
OS Northings: 254536
OS Grid: SP199545
Mapcode National: GBR 4LT.LPS
Mapcode Global: VHBY0.B77Z
Plus Code: 9C4W57QR+F7
Entry Name: Old Town Place
Listing Date: 25 October 1951
Last Amended: 4 April 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1205935
English Heritage Legacy ID: 366322
ID on this website: 101205935
Location: Old Town, 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
Tagged with: Building
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
SP1954NE OLD TOWN 604-1/9/146 (South West side) 25/10/51 Nos.4 AND 5 Old Town Place (5) (Formerly Listed as: OLD TOWN (South West side) Nos.4 AND 5 William and Mary Hotel)
GV II
Two houses. c1690 (though Bearman suggests 1760). Brick with ashlar and stucco dressings; hipped tile roof with rear brick stacks. 2 storeys with attic; symmetrical 5-window range with narrow centre breaking forward. Double-depth plan. Georgian style. Top dentilled cornice. Round-headed entrance has fielded-panelled pilaster trips, unusual brackets to cornice, and archivolt with key; fanlight with thick glazing bars over 6-fielded-panel door; lantern above. Windows have sills with painted brick aprons, and rubbed brick flat arches with keys over 12-pane sashes, horned to 1st floor; 3 pedimented dormers, the centre one with C20 pediment replacing segmental pediment, and 2-light small-paned casements. Left return has projection under hipped roof; 2-storey rear wing. INTERIOR noted as having open-well staircase with slender turned balusters. Single-storey, 2-window, wing with attic to right (No.4) has top cornice; entrance in brick forward break has rubbed brick flat arch over 4-flush-panel door. Windows have sills, and rubbed brick flat arches over 4:12:4-pane tripartite sash to left, 12-pane sash to right; 2 hipped dormers with 2-light C20 small-paned casements. Timber-framed gable and entrance to rear. Until 1855 the Town Offices; an hotel for much of the C20. (Bearman R: Stratford-upon-Avon: A History of its Streets and Buildings: Nelson: 1988-: 46; Forrest H E: The Old Houses of Stratford-upon-Avon: London: 1925-: 137-8).
Listing NGR: SP1997254536
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