Description

WARE TOWN

TL3514SE HIGH STREET
829-1/9/102 (North side)
14/03/74 Nos.38 AND 40

GV II

House, formerly 2 dwellings, now with shops on ground floor.
C17, refronted C18 bricks with red dressings. Moulded red
brick cornice, parapet with stone coping. Twin old tiled
roofs, mansard on left, hipped on right, both with lead roll
hips.
2 storeys. First floor with 4 C19 sash windows with divided
glazing, flush set with exposed boxes and architrave
surrounds. Ground floor to No.38 has C19 shopfront, much
altered with pilaster at left surmounted by forward sloping
recessed panel, with pediment motif above, to contain old
fascia. Ground floor to No.40 has mid C20 shopfront, with
brick stallriser, oak display windows, divided by mullions,
blind box, and recessed fascia with cornice above. North
elevation faces East Street, stuccoed, 2 storeys with twin
gables facing street. No.38 first floor 1 modern casement,
ground floor recessed door in architrave surround and 1
recessed mullion and transom casement window; No.40, first
floor 1 flush-set sash window with glazing bars and architrave
surround, ground floor mid C20 oak shop window with small
panes, with entrance door to right.
(Forrester H: Timber Framed Buildings in Hertford and Ware:
Hitchin: 1964-: 38, 40).

Listing NGR: TL3588614286

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26564244

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