History

Early C19 in its present form but on an early site as it adjoins medieval town gate. Shown in a photograph of early 1900s with a railed balcony outside the first floor windows facing downhill and a wide shopfront across both frontages. For nearly a century it was a boot and shoe shop.

Exterior

Shop and offices with living accommodation above, in Regency style. Scored render; moulded cornice to parapet in front of hipped slate roof with tall rendered stack with slate pot. Three storeys and cellar. Bank Street elevation has 2-window range of 6-pane sashes with narrow glazing bars in reveals, larger to first floor. Elegant C19 shopfront with slender mullions, angled cornice entablature supported by cast-iron pier; recessed doorway in angle with boarded soffit and further piers inside. High Street frontage has a single window range blocked at second floor and ground floor end left doorway with 4-panelled door and 3- pane overlight. Plinth of painted Bathstone.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a Regency shop building with good later C19 shopfront in a prominent and historic position.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29482593

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)