Description

ROPER STREET
NX 9718 SW

6/185
No 56, with outbuildings
and warehouse to rear
GV
II
Shop,with storage rooms over and warehouse to rear. Early C19, probably
incorporating C18 work, with later C19 additions to rear. Rendered sandstone;
slate roof. Double-depth plan with lateral open-well stair (to right) and a
mid-C19 refronting to frontage (left, adjoining no 55). 3 storeys. Exterior:
the older 2-window front (to right) with end pilasters with composite capitals,
moulded eaves cornice and sill bands to 1st and 2nd floor, the latter with
decorative brackets; windows to upper floor (3 to 1st floor) with 12-pane sashes
in reveals. Narrower 2-window range to left, no sill bands, sash windows in
reveals with raised surrounds, one (to 2nd floor) blocked. Late C19 shop front
extends across entire frontage with minimal decorations, all timber with plate-
glass windows with glazing bars. Internally: considerably altered in late C19;
stair with turned newels, most of the balusters now gone. Rear range (with
cellars) has suspended timber-framed storerooms. Warehouse to rear, reduced in
height, timber floors and slender iron columns of round section.

Listing NGR: NX9737418109

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26540066

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)