Description

CHIPPENHAM

ST9273SW MARKET PLACE
930-1/10/130 (North side)
22/06/78 Nos.54 AND 55
(Formerly Listed as:
MARKET PLACE
(North side)
Nos.54 AND 55
The Shambles)

GV II

Also known as: Nos.54 AND 55 THE SHAMBLES.
Two shops on a corner site. Mid C19. Limestone ashlar,
concrete tile roof continuous with No 71 to the right (qv),
with wide eaves and moulded ridge stacks to party walls.
One-unit plan extending on the 1st floor over the passage to
the left.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; 2-window range. The facade of No.54,
facing north, has 6/6-pane sash windows and platbands between
floors. To the right of the ground floor is a semicircular
arch with chamfered rusticated voussoirs and keystone over a
passage leading the the Yelde Hall (qv). to the left is a
6-panel door and overlight under a hood on console brackets.
To the centre is a rectangular projecting shop window of
2 plate-glass panes, colonnettes, fascia moulded cornice and
sill. Above the glazing are fretted cast-iron panels and below
the word PURVEYORS is incised into the plinth.
The left return has one blind window to each upper floor and a
single-pane shop window similar to that at the front without
the pierced panels and supported by 3 plain fretted brackets.
No.55 facing north-east, of similar design, is one-window
range and cants forward from No.54 to meet the east side of
The Shambles. It has a 6/6-pane sash window to the 2nd floor,
a C19 plate-glass sash to the 1st floor and a C20 shop to the
ground floor.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: ST9214573253

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558361

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Recommended Books

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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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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)