History

Late C19 lofted purpose-built shop building.

Exterior

Shop, painted stucco with slate roof. Broad gable front with bargeboards, unusual shaped quoins, timber shopfront and first floor large central pointed loft window in rusticated surround with keystone. Glazing with cross mullion, two big opening casements and fixed top lights, small panes with marginal bars.
Shop front has frame encompassing two plate-glass panes on either side of recessed door with single pane angled in. Double doors are half-glazed with large overlight. The outer piers are decoratively panelled with Gothic gabled caps on paired shaped brackets. Fascia and cornice between. Rubble stone side walls.

Reasons for Listing

Included as an unaltered late Victorian commercial building with unusual detail - a rare survivor of its type.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29505453

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey