Description

THETFORD

TL8783 MARKET PLACE
617-1/6/99 (East side)
10/03/71 Central Hotel (part)

GV II

Hotel. Early C19, converted to offices 1991. Coursed clunch,
flint, re-used medieval carved masonry, gault brick dressings
and gault brick facade. Slate roof. 3 storey facade in 3 bays.
Central panelled and glazed door below a 5-vaned fanlight.
Doorcase composed of a pair of engaged Tuscan columns
supporting an open segmental pediment enriched with dentils
and guttae. C20 shop front to left; boarded bay to right (at
time of Review). Three 6/6 unhorned sashes light the first
floor under gauged skewback arches. Three 3/3 sashes to 2nd
floor also with gauged skewback arches. Gabled roof. Internal
gable-end stacks north and south. Rear is largely of coursed
clunch. North gable to Castle Street with re-used medieval
fragments: C12 colonnette rises through all storeys to left.
C12 fragments of chevron, colonnette bases and capital with
C14 tracery cusps are arranged picturesquely in gable head.
Gault brick tumbling.

Listing NGR: TL8720483045

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502973

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)