Description

WELLS

ST5445 SADLER STREET
662-1/7/225 (East side)
13/09/72 No.14

GV II

House, now shop with flat over. Mid to late C18 facade to
earlier property. Roughcast, double Roman clay tiled roof with
plain gable to north and abutment to south. Parallel-range
double-depth plan, the rear (E) side facing Cathedral Green.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 2 bays; late C19 shop front under shallow
full-width fascia, with 3-light display window plus curved
quadrants on either side of the central recessed doorway, all
to narrow glazing bars; on right a 6-panel door for access to
upper floors. Upper floors each have paired 12-pane sashes in
smooth rendered architraves. On north flank is an additional
retaining wall in random stone rubble, to eaves level, with
flat coping, dating from the clearance of the adjoining site
to form the Swan Garden c1869.
Rear elevation rendered, with matching roof, and brick chimney
stack, 2 storeys and attic, single bay. Ground floor has a
12-pane sash in plain surround with exposed sash boxes and a
part-glazed door to the left. At first floor a 16-pane sash
window, and high gabled face dormer above, with tiled cheeks.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: this property was first established c1370,
when the E side of Sadler Street was developed; the building
originally straddled a N/S wall to the Cathedral Precinct.
(Town and Country Planning Working Papers: Scrase AJ: Wells: A
Study of Town Origins: Bristol: 1982-: 59).

Listing NGR: ST5497145807

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663062

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)