Description

UTTOXETER MARKET PLACE
SK 0833/0933
No 25
1/200
GV II*

House, with shop, unoccupied at time of inspection (August 1991).
Timber framed, clad in brick; tiled roof. The medieval building
consists of one short bay, probably the cross-passage of a high-
status late-C14 open aisled hall of two, or more bays, with a
storeyed C15 wing attached to the west (left). The front wall was
largely removed and replaced by the present brick frontage in
1869. Contemporary accounts indicate that the wing was of exposed
framing with a decorated coved jetty to the attic storey and that
the cross passagehad a storeyed porch (almost certainly of C17
or later date; the building then served as the Old Crown Inn);
the medieval house occupied two and a half burgage plots and it
is possible that early work survives in the adjacent property
(no27, qv. Front: regular 2-window range of 3 storeys. All
windows with wedge lintels; 4-pane sashes to 2nd, 2-light C20
casements to 1st floor. Late C20 fully glazed integrated entrance
and shop window. Secondary entrance to extreme right. The
interior possesses medieval work of considerable quality and
importance. The one visible aisled bay of the former open hall
contains a truss (most likely a spere truss) with large jowelled
posts with cyma-and hollow-moulded arched braces and central
foliated boss, concave moulded arcade posts, cambered tie, raked
queen posts and cambered collar, side butt-purlins, curved wind
braces; original rafters. Little of the aisle construction is
visible, but there is evidence of a wallplate and close studding
to the south side. Partially closed east partition, with close
studding; this and the timbers are smoke blackened. The hall
range roof continues intact almost one bay to the east where it
meets the west slope of the later cross wing. The exposed pegging
to the east side of the spere truss confirms that the principal
face was to the west. Wing originally of three or four bays: main
open truss (to 1st floor), simply chamfered braces to principals
with slightly cambered tie; chamfered and stopped side purlins.
Formerly closed truss to south with most of its close studding
removed has cambered collar. Truss to north considerably altered.
Aisled halls in the Midlands are extremely rare, and few high-
quality medieval town houses have so-far been recorded in
Staffordshire. It is highly likely that considerable medieval
remains survive beneath later cladding.

Listing NGR: SK0923933372

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17557505

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