Description

PREES C.P. SHREWSBURY STREET (west side)
SJ 5433-5533
14/108 No. 28 (Providence Grove)
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GV II

House. C15, partly remodelled late C16 or early C17 with later additions
and alterations. Timber framed with rendered wattle and daub infill
on high cement-rendered plinth; plain tile roof. Original plan an
open hall of 2 or possibly more framed bays with present right bay
added or rebuilt when rest of house was floored over in late C16 or
early C17; eaves slightly raised, probably in late C17 or early C18.
2 storeys with jettied right gable end. Framing: irregular square
and rectangular panels with long curving tension braces to C15 part;
rectangular panels, 2 from high cill to wall-plate, and short straight
tension braces to C17 part; gable of C17 part has herringbone decoration
to first floor with coved jetty supported on carved corner brackets
to attic; moulded bressumer with billet moulding and 3 crudely carved
quatrefoils above (middle with date "1611" painted on infill); king-
strut and herringbone decoration to apex. Mid-C20 casements throughout,
2 on first floor to left and one on either side of roughly central
entrance; half-glazed door under C19 gabled hood. Internal red brick
end stack to left and integral lateral stack to rear on right. Interior:
left ground-floor room has massive chamfered cross beam supported on
carved wall posts and flat heavy joists. Large stack with partly infilled
inglenook fireplace and oak winder staircase to right. C15 roof survives
in 2 bays to left with central cambered tie beam exposed to first floor;
remainder partly visible in roof space; king-strut from collar has
mortice indicating former presence of collar purlin, showing that roof was
originally of crown-post construction; curved windbraces and mortices
for large curving struts from wall posts to tie beam, as visible to
left gable end externally. C20 flat-roofed additions set back to left
and rear are not of special architectural interest. There is a local
tradition that the house was once much larger and the date "1611" to
the right gable end is based on local hearsay. There are several other
houses in the vicinity with similar late C16/early C17 decorative gables.

Listing NGR: SJ5530633395

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26529646

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