Description

SJ 6634-6734
13/66

MARKET DRAYTON C.P.
SHROPSHIRE STREET
(south-east side)
Nos. 15 and 15A

GV
II

House, now shop and office. Early C17, remodelled in the early C19.
Timber frame, encased in painted brick. Plain tile roof. One framed
bay. 2 storeys and attic. Large central gabled eaves dormer consisting
of a small-paned 2-light wooden casement with wooden returned hoodmould.
Stack(s) not visible at time of survey (June 1986). First-floor glazing
bar sash with gauged-brick and stone cill. Barber's pole attached
to first floor at right. Ground-floor early C19 shop-front consisting
of a square bay with a pair of plate-glass sashes and fascia above.
Half-glazed door set at angle at right-hand corner. Right-hand gable
end: first-floor and attic glazing bar sashes with gauged- brick heads
and stone cills. Shopfront to left consisting of a plate-glass sash,
flanking reeded plaster strips with roundels at top and fascia above.
Small shop front to right with small-paned (2 x 3) window to right, 6-panelled
door to left (lower 2 panels flush), flanking reeded pilaster strips
with roundels at top, and fascia and cornice above. Interior: substantial
amount of surviving timber frame. Roof with large tie-beams, and chamered
purlins with straight wind braces. Chamfered corner posts. Ground-
floor chamfered spine beam. Old oak floorboards and plank doors.
The first floor was formerly jettied on to Shropshire Street. It is
reported (Mr. G. Hilton 1986) that the moulded bressumer survives behind
the fascia.

Listing NGR: SJ6752934129

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26594345

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