Description

CHELTENHAM

SO9422NE HIGH STREET
630-1/9/415 (North East side)
No.331

GV II

House, now shop. Probably late C17 with later additions and
alterations including refronting and shop front with
extensions to rear c1830-50; further later extensions.
Timber-framed with wattle and daub and brick infill and stucco
facade, concealed roof with red brick left stack and iron
window guards.
PLAN: originally 2 bays, then with range to rear added at
right and staircase added to left.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attic, 2 first-floor windows. First
floor has 1/1 sashes. Ground floor has Victorian shop front: 3
plate-glass windows bordered by pilasters with sunk panels,
similar pilasters to ends have acanthus corbel brackets;
frieze and cornice with fleurons. Off-centre right entrance:
part-glazed door within cambered-arched opening. Passage at
left with bressumer over has further entrance within, 3-panel
door. Rear has overhang on iron post.
INTERIOR: evidence of timber-framing includes roughly
chamfered tie-beam and further spine beam and rear beam at
left. To first floor a main post to rear wall is visible.
reputed to have panels of wattle and daub to right wall. C19
dogleg staircase has stick balusters and run-out handrail.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: window guards to first floor have rope
moulding.
HISTORICAL NOTE: during the C17 and C18 a series of
timber-framed dwellings were ranged along the High Street.
This is a notable survival of the pre-Spa town, together with
The Restoration Inn (No.57) and No.54 High Street (qqv).

Listing NGR: SO9460222785

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398344

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Recommended Books

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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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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)