Summary

Former house or pair of houses. Built in the mid-C18, altered to shop premises and extended in the C19; further alterations and extensions in the C20 and C21.

Description

Former house or pair of houses. Built in the mid-C18, altered to shop premises and extended in the C19; further alterations and extensions in the C20 and C21.
 
MATERIALS: it is constructed of red brick laid in header bond; front elevation of 92 High Street is painted; with dressings of stone and brick, under tiled roofs with a brick stack.  
 
PLAN: it has a double-depth plan, with rear ranges of various dates. 
 
EXTERIOR: the building is three storeys and basements, with rear ranges of one, two and three storeys. The front elevation is five bays, with stone quoins and a dentilled cornice above the ground floor, and a dentilled block cornice below the eaves that rises to an open pediment over a central window at second-floor level. On the ground floor are a pair of late-C20 shop fronts which extend the full width of the building. The first-floor openings have gauged brick flat arches and triple keystones. The three left-hand bays have multi-paned, horned sashes and those to bays four and five (92 High Street) have no glazing bars. The second floor openings are similar, with flat arches of gauged bricks and triple keystones, and imposts to the semi-circular headed central window within the pediment. To the left of the central window are two three-over-three sashes and to the right are two plate-glass windows that have been enlarged.

INTERIOR: the ground floor has been altered to form two shops.   

History

90 and 92 High Street was built in the mid-C18 as perhaps one or two houses (RCHME, see Sources). It housed a draper’s shop and a chemist throughout the 1800s (Poole High Street Project, see Sources).

Reasons for Listing

90 and 92 High Street, Poole, a mid-C18 dwelling which was altered to commercial premises in the C19, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Architectural interest:
* the building retains its external envelope and character as an urban dwelling of the mid-C18;
* despite the insertion of shop fronts in the C19, it retains a well-proportioned façade.

Historic interest:
* it is one of group of listed buildings in High Street which together demonstrate the architectural development and diversity of the town.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26512205

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey