Description

WARE TOWN

TL3514SE HIGH STREET
829-1/9/124 (South side)
14/03/74 Nos.79, 79A AND 79B
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH STREET
No.79)
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH STREET
Nos.79A AND 79B)

GV II

Former inn range, now shop with flats (Nos 79A and 79B) above.
C17 altered C19 and C20. Timber-framed, stucco faced, old
tiled roof with large gable end to street.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attics. First floor has 2, and attic
one flush-set sash window with glazing bars, with exposed
boxes. Ground floor shop window mid C20, between yellow brick
piers, large display windows, and twin entrance doors between
timber pilasters, large flat board fascia. Rear outshoot Nos
79A and 79B, has 2 storeys, timber-framed with early C19 front
of colourwashed brick, old tiled roof. East elevation has 2
triple light sashes, ground floor with glazing bars. Recessed
central door under moulded flat hood supported on cut profiled
brackets. At left is single bay single storey timber-framed
structure with old tiled roof.
INTERIOR: opened out on ground floor. Exposed beams in
ceiling, one with ogee tongues stop to chamfer, indicate
timber-framed origin. At rear of main building there is a
dog-leg newel staircase of late C17 date, of close string
construction, with moulded handrails and string, cut profiled
splats, and newels with square moulded caps and square moulded
pendants. Stair now cut off above first floor. Attic, now
included with Nos 79A/79B, shows side purlin roof. Internally,
ground floor of No.79 now runs into rear outshoot. First floor
has exposed and cased beams, one with stepped stop to chamfer.
Two 2-light windows facing west, with ovolo and cavetto
moulded frame and mullions.
Formerly The Star Inn, recorded in 1542, later incorporated
with the adjoining Bell Inn at Nos 77, 77A and 77B (qv). This
part of High Street colloquially known as `Starcross Row'.
(Edwards E and Perman D: Ware's Past In Pictures: Ware: 1991-:
12, 92; Hunt EM: The History of Ware: Hertford: 1986-1946:
102; Perman D: Ware UD. List of buildings of special arch or
historic interest: 1993-: 35; Ware 25" to 1 Mile. Surveyed by
the Ordnance Survey Department: 1851-; Moodey GE: East
Hertfordshire Archaeological Society Newsletter: Hertford:
1975-).

Listing NGR: TL3569214328

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26564129

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)