Description

MOUNTSORREL

SK 51 NE
3/41
11.12.75

MARKET PLACE (West Side)

Nos. 46-50 (even)

GV
II

Bank and 2 shops. c1800, with C17 rear section. Red brick with brick plinth
and dentilled eaves and tile roof with brick ridge and right end stacks. To
rear, a timber framed section which is granite rubble stone clad and which
has a Swithland slate roof. 3 storeys of 3 3-light centre-opening casements
with top lights. Similar on 2nd floor but without top lights. Gauged brick
lintels. On ground floor a C20 shop window to left and a pair of C19 shop fronts
with doors to right of each under same cornice and with ornamental pilasters
at the sides. On right end facing the Market Cross (q.v.) a small C20 window
and on 1st floor a Venetian window with 3-light horizontal sliding sash. Over
this on 2nd floor a blocked semi-circular window, some of the curving glazing
bars remaining. On rear section a small 1st floor 1-light window. This section
adjoins, and was originally part of Nos. 1 and 3 Watling Street (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SK5819515039

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26522075

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)