Description

CHIPPENHAM

ST9273SW MARKET PLACE
930-1/10/132 (North side)
22/06/78 Nos.62 AND 63
(Formerly Listed as:
MARKET PLACE
(North side)
Nos.62 AND 63
The Shambles)

II

Also known as: Nos.62 AND 63 THE SHAMBLES.
House and shop, now house and 2 shops. Dated 1889 but
apparently mid C19. Limestone ashlar, hipped pantile roof with
brick stacks to rear. Double-depth plan.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; both units symmetrical 3-window range.
Continuous cornice and blocking course, pilasters to quoins
and party wall, platband below 2nd floor and string course
below 1st floor. Bracketed sills; 2/2-pane plate-glass sash
windows to the 2nd floor, plate-glass sashes with margin panes
to the 1st floor and centre of ground floor. No.62 to the
right, formerly a house and wider than No.63, has
semicircular-arched openings to the central range, the C20
door has 2 margin panes to the fanlight.
A C20 shop has been inserted to the right of the door. No.63,
always a shop, has recessed panels to pilasters flanking the
door and shop front which support a plain fascia. Between the
windows of the 2nd floor a plaque states AD 1889, below this
is a semicircular-arched window similar to that of No.62.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: ST9219373213

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558364

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Recommended Books

• 
  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)