Description

TL 0447 ELSTOW HIGH STREET
(East Side)

8/72 Nos. 1 to 11 (consec.)
Bunyan's Mead (formerly
listed as nos
175, 176, 177, 179, 180
and 181, 182 and 183)
13.7.64
GV II*

Row of houses. C15 or earlier, with C16, C17, C18 and C19 additions and
alterations. Renovated 1976-77. Timber framed with colourwashed plaster
infill and some colourwashed plaster render. Clay tile roofs. Comprises long
2-storeyed row bordering road, with slight variations in roofline and some
frontages breaking forward slightly. 5 2-storeyed wings project from rear.
Between nos. 3 and 8 is coach entrance with room above, set higher than first
floor level, with half-hipped roof and tile cladding to lower half of gable.
Between nos. 10 and 111 is narrow covered way. The whole row is jettied at
first floor level, some parts with brackets. Fairly close studding to most
parts, and ogee bracing to no. 2 and room above coach entrance. Most windows
and doors are C20 replacements with glazing bars. Only window above coach
entrance retains leaded lights. Variety of red brick ridge and gable end
stacks. To rear, no. 4 has some fairly light square-panel framing to E
elevation, and some very close studding to N gable. This N gable also has
jettied first floor with moulded bressumer. Interior: Nos. 4, 5 and 6 retain
a variety of decorative details, much restored. To ground floor, residents
sitting room, originally an open hall, retains some early C17 wall painting,
mostly covered by mid C17 panelling, and has staircase restored to original
position on evidence of newels and balusters painted on walls. Coat of arms
above fireplace, of William Parker Lord parley, and his wife Elizabeth,
possibly imported from elsewhere. Adjoining room has imported C17 coat of
arms, probably of continental origin. Warden's first floor flat has crude mid
C17 plasterwork cornice and mid-late C16 fireplace which reuses masonry,
including window tracery, from Elstow Abbey. Other first floor flat has
fireplace reusing masonry in similar fashion.

Listing NGR: TL0498647531

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17533024

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)