Description

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

SP2055SW TYLER STREET 604-1/8/232 (West side) 25/10/51 Nos.4 AND 5

GV II

Pair of town houses. 1839. Brick with buff headers and stucco dressings; slate roof with brick end stacks and cross-axial stack. Double-depth plan. Georgian style. 3 storeys; symmetrical 6-window range forming 2 double-fronted houses. Plain eaves soffit. Entrances have Tuscan porches with slender columns, overlights with margin lights to 3-fielded-panel doors. Windows have sills, and rusticated wedge lintels with keys to 12-pane sashes, 6-pane sashes to 2nd floor; ground floor right end has C19 canted bay window with hipped lead roof and plate glass horned sashes. Returns have sashed windows, left return with attached C20 garage. Built as part of the early C19 development of the north part of Stratford, known as New Town. The land for these houses was sold by the trustees of Tyler's Charity c1840. (Information from Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office; Bearman R: Stratford-upon-Avon: A History of its Streets and Buildings: Nelson: 1988-: 65).

Listing NGR: SP2016955200

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2