Description

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

SP2055SW SHAKESPEARE STREET
604-1/8/201 (South East side)
Nos.39-42 (Consecutive)

GV II

Terrace of 4 houses. 1840-1. Brick with buff headers and
stucco dressings; slate roof with 2 brick cross-axial stacks.
Georgian style.
2 storeys; 7-window range, with canted angle to corner with
Mulberry Street. Top brick cornice. Entrances have brick flat
arches with stucco keys, No.38 with 6-flush-panel door, Nos 39
& 40 with C20 door; No.42 has entrance to angle, with timber
doorcase and C20 door; stucco panel above with traces of
painted shop sign. Windows have sills, with brick flat arches
and stucco keys over 16-pane sashes, and 9-pane sashes to 1st
floor; No.38 has blind window over entrance; No.42 has bowed
window to ground floor, with frieze and cornice over
small-paned glazing. Right return has bow window with blind
window above and altered windows to right end, end stack and
attached 2-storey outhouse.
Part of the early C19 development of the north part of
Stratford, known as New Town.
(Information from Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office).

Listing NGR: SP2005655337

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569384

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)