Description

ST1728 WINCANTON CP MARKET PLACE (North sidel

8/179 Nos 7 and 8

26.3.73

GV II

Corner block of shops and houses. Early C19. Local stone rubble with brick formerly rendered, With horizontal fantel
rustication to ground floor with plat band; presumably flat roof behind parapet. 3 storeys, 9-bay facade run around a
corner, bay 5 being set on the curve. Plinth, cornice; keyed rendered surrounds with keystones to 12-pane sashes on
first floor and 3-pane sash windows to second; to ground floor a wide 6-pane bay 1, set into C19 shopfront with simple
wood pilasters and fascia; blank bay 3; early C20 shopfront with plain windows and central recessed doors spread over
bays 4 to 6; plain window bay 8 and 12-pane sash window in segmental arched opening to bay-9: to bays 2, 7 and between
8 and 9 are elaborate doorways with 4-panel doors and 3-pane fanlights set into timber panelled recesses flanked by
Tuscan pilasters with entablatures and flat hoods. Interiors not seen. Visually important in centre of town.

Listing NGR: ST7124928619

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26531867

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2