Description

BURFORD AND UPTON HIGH STREET
AND SIGNET (East Side)
SP2512 (Enlargement No 123 (The Home of
7/90 Simon) (Previously
12.9.55 listed as Symon's
Close).

GV II*

House with shops. Probably C16, altered. Steeply-pitched slate roof;
closely-studded timber framed and slightly jettied upper floors, with
cill rail to 2nd floor; plaster infill. 3 storeys; 2 windows to each
floor, mid C19 sashes on 1st floor, projecting shop windows with angled
corner to entry set in ashlar. Alleyway entry to left, Tudor-arched with
roses in spandrels and datestone over; angled alley with another Tudor-
arch to rear entry; shop entered from alley. The datestone has the
woolmark of Simon Wisdom and date 1582. Interior: chamfered beam,
probably C16 with stepped stops and massive corbels to 1st floor
fireplace.

Listing NGR: SP2513912092

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17532429

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