Description

HENLEY-IN-ARDEN

SP1566 HIGH STREET
652-1/10/111 (East side)
06/02/52 Lloyds Bank

GV II

House, from 1943 a bank. Late C16 or C17 origins with
extensive reconstruction in 1916 with contemporary shop front.
Brick and roughcast with timber-frame to first floor; gabled
roof with renewed tiles and brick ridge stack with 2 octagonal
shafts with raised lattice work. T-plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 3-window range plus cross-wing to left
end. Roughcast with central gable with decorative
timber-framing; wing has brick ground floor and timber-framed
first floor with jettied gable with decorative framing.
Ground floor has 4 windows with narrow sills and bowed 8/8
horned sashes, one to right end replaced by automatic teller
machine; bowed shop window to left has panelled pilaster to
right and frieze and cornice over small-paned glazing; first
floor has windows with 2-light leaded casements flanking
window with similar 1:2:1-light casement; gable with small
window with 2-light leaded casement with iron opening
casement.
Wing has 3 small windows to ground floor with tile flat arches
over bowed small-paned and leaded glazing; first floor with
canted oriel with leaded glazing. 2 enriched rainwater heads.
Left return facing Market Cross (qv) has timber-framed first
floor with large gable with decorative glazing; double-fronted
shop front with panelled pilasters and frieze with paterae
over pilasters and cornice over paired panelled doors and
small-paned bow windows. First floor has window with paired
2-light leaded casements. Lantern with enriched wrought-iron
bracket to right end.
Rear has similar details to cross wing, with plaque with
boar's head crest pierced by arrow and lettering: W/ J/ F/
1916. Some C17 or C18 brick with large external stack with C20
top and large gabled C19 wing to right with segmental-headed
openings.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Important position facing Market Place and closing view along
High Street from north.
(Cooper W: Henley-in-Arden: An Ancient Market Town:
Birmingham: 1946-: 100).

Listing NGR: SP1511266099

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26662427

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability