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TQ 8790 NE/SE
15/264 and 16/264

ROCHFORD
WEST STREET (south side)
Nos. 1, 3 and 5 (odd) with return to South Street

23.7.73

GV
II
A corner block of shops with return and house to South Street. C19. Gault brick. Grey slate roof, hipped to South Street angles. Three chimney stacks to West Street and two to South Street. Two storeys. Painted parapet. Painted and curved angle. First floor. Four vertically sliding sashes with painted gauged arches to West Street, four similar windows to South Street in brick recessed arches with painted imposts. Ground floor. The South Street house to left with central doorway approached by steps, stucco surround, moulded scroll brackets to flat canopy. Two-panel two-light door, fanlight over. Right and left windows as first floor. Two basement grilles with gauged arches to left of door. The shop front moulded fascia and cornice continues through over the two-light shop window in South Street, recessed door at angle and in West Street a two-light shop window. Two three-light shop windows with recessed door between (all C19) and a C20 shop window with door to left. Each group of C19 shop windows and the doors have moulded semi-circular pilasters with capitals and bases. Moulded window cills. These details may still exist under the C20 shop front of No. 5.

Listing NGR: TQ8768290475

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26461606

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)