History

Early C20 house and shop development in restrained Arts and Crafts style; projecting modern shop front to the ground floor. The building occupies an important burgage plot in the principal street of the town.

Exterior

Two-and-a-half storey building with rendered elevation and steeply-pitched tiled roof; tall brick end chimney to the L with moulded capping. The ground-floor shop section is advanced onto the street line and is entirely modern. The recessed main section has a symmetrical facade with an advanced wide central bay terminating in an attic gable. The first floor has a large 8-light wooden mullioned and transomed window with small-pane glazing. The central 6 lights form a canted bay to the central projecting section and the remaining, outer lights are returned onto the elevation to either side. Above this is a heavy moulded plaster stringcourse. The gable has a 4-light mullioned window, glazed as before, with moulded label and sill and decorative plaster panel below; simple plaster moulding to the gable apex.

Interior

The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its special interest as a well-detailed early C20 building in a prominent location, occupying an important burgage plot in the principal street of the town.

Group value with other listed items in High Street.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29500724

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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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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas