Description

CORSHAM HIGH STREET
ST 8770
(east side)
5/184 No 52
II

House, early to mid C18, painted ashlar with stone tiled roof.
Two storeys. Quoin pilasters, full height to left, to first floor
only on right. Coved eaves cornice breaking forward at angles and
over keystones of 3 irregularly spaced first floor windows in
moulded segmental-headed architraves. Twelve-pane sashes to outer
windows, blank centre, moulded sills. Ground floor has 44-pane
shop window with quoin pilaster to right and door in flush moulded
surround with moulded course over at right end. Rear wing with
east end stack and lower range beyond. Internal evidence of
raised roof suggests refronting of earlier range. Formerly door
gave access to through passage and shop was double fronted.
Property is mentioned in a 1761 will of J. Rogers.

Listing NGR: ST8725070473

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26645782

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2