Description

TEWKESBURY

SO8932 BARTON STREET
859-1/6/17 (North side)
04/03/52 Nos.13 AND 14
The Mustard House

GV II

Pair of houses in row, now offices. C15 or C16 with C20
reconstructed frontage. Large panel timber-frame with brick
nogging, concrete tile roof.
PLAN: A broad frontage to parallel plan with 2 jettied storeys
and mansard roof, carried over a throughway to the left; the
frontage has been rebuilt, with new timbers, but the interior
retains substantial elements of the early framing, much of it
exposed in the interior renovation.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, attic and basement, 4-windowed. All
20-pane replacement sashes at first and second floors. The
ground floor has C19 double shop front with 2 recessed glazed
doors under transom-lights and small stall-riser, under
shallow fascia within decorative console brackets; to the left
is the opening to a throughway, with a further console
bracket. In the timbered gables are C20 casement lights. The
rear has twin gables which are lower than the main ridge, in
brick-nogged renewed framing above plain brickwork, with
various C20 lights. A further gabled wing to the right.
INTERIOR has unusually lofty rooms at each level. Ground floor
has been opened up, but retains in the right half a ceiling in
2 large compartments with good moulded plaster cornice. At the
back is a C19 plank door and an early cast-iron small-pane
casement. The basement has some stonework in the party walls,
and several recesses to flat pointed heads. 2 very large but
badly decayed chamfered beams remain.
Main staircase a C17 open well with square newels and twisted
balusters to a moulded solid string and moulded handrail.
Various heavy framing members throughout the building,
including large posts and a deep cambered tie. The front roof
has 3 pairs of upper crucks, facilitating easy access to a
probable former storage area.
The heavy restoration of the street front conceals a
substantial interior of historic interest here. The name is a
reminder of the earlier importance of Tewkesbury in the
production of 'mustard balls'.

Listing NGR: SO8935732708

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570118

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)