Description

WARE TOWN

TL3514SE PRIORY STREET
829-1/9/156 (West side)
14/03/74 Nos.1, 1A, 1B AND 1C
(Formerly Listed as:
PRIORY STREET
Nos.1 AND 1A)

GV II

House, now with offices on ground floor, and flats over. C16
and C17, altered and extended C19. Timber-framed, colourwashed
brick front, Welsh slated roof behind parapet, corbelled
cornice, detail of brickwork matching adjacent No.1 Baldock
Street (qv), but with higher level roof.
2 storeys and attics above basement. 2 sash windows with
glazing bars in reveals under flat arches, central first floor
dummy window. 5 panel door with 2 glazed upper panels, and
fanlight in round headed reveal, 3 steps above street level.
Carriageway on right with timber studwork of No.1 Baldock
Street exposed, and exposed beams above. Rear wing of 2
storeys, plastered and colourwashed, with some C17 fan
pargeting, and exposed timbers, and internally, mortices
indicating the position of former mullioned windows.
The courtyard plan with the north-east range fronting Baldock
Street (qv), suggests an historic inn site, and it is thought
that The Griffin Inn occupied this land during the mid C17.
(Hunt EM: The History of Ware: Hertford: 1986-1946: 100; Ware
25" to 1 Mile. Surveyed by the Ordnance Survey Department:
1851-).

Listing NGR: TL3559514403

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26564011

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Recommended Books

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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  For the Record