Description

TL 0028 TODDINGTON HIGH STREET
(west side)

20/10004 No 62
Toddington Florists

- II

House with shop premises. Circa C17, extended or partly rebuilt
in C18 and C19. Rear wing timber-framed with brick infilling and
steeply pitched plain tile roof with gabled ends; front range
brick, partly painted and rendered and with hipped asbestos tile
roof. Brick axial and lateral stacks. Plan: Circa C17 rear wing;
the front block, now containing a shop, is an C18 extension or
rebuilding, remodelled in the C19. Exterior: 2 storeys. 2-window
C19 east front with C20 shopfront on ground floor and 2 4-pane
sashes on first floor. Timber-framed rear wing with C19 casement
windows with glazing bars; west gable end brick. Interior: Front
room (shop) has chamfered cross-beam. Rear room in original wing
has chamfered axial beam with step or truncated pyramid stops
(now partly buried in wall plaster). In the roof only the timber
frame east gable end or closed truss of the original building
survives and the collar in the west gable end with the lower part
of the principals below with what appears to be mortices for
wind-braces; the purlins and common rafters have been replaced.

Listing NGR: TL0090428586

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26588070

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)