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Harris Carpets

A Grade II Listed Building in Guildford, Surrey

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.236 / 51°14'9"N

Longitude: -0.5717 / 0°34'18"W

OS Eastings: 499807

OS Northings: 149508

OS Grid: SU998495

Mapcode National: GBR FCK.D92

Mapcode Global: VHFVN.16L9

Plus Code: 9C3X6CPH+C8

Entry Name: Harris Carpets

Listing Date: 1 May 1953

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1180141

English Heritage Legacy ID: 288938

ID on this website: 101180141

Location: Guildford, Surrey, GU1

County: Surrey

District: Guildford

Electoral Ward/Division: Holy Trinity

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Guildford

Traditional County: Surrey

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Surrey

Church of England Parish: Guildford Holy Trinity and St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Guildford

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Description




SU 9949NE GUILDFORD HIGH STREET
(North Side)

5/76 No. 149
1/5/53 (Harris Carpets)


GV II

House, now shop. C18 with C19 and C20 alterations. Whitewashed stucco cladding
with plain tiled hipped roofs. Three storeys with modillioned eaves cornice to
base of parapet. Stacks to rear and ends. Giant Corinthian order on first and
second floors with angle pilasters and paired central pilasters on front. Four
bays wide, two either side of central pilasters. 12-pane glazing-bar sash
fenestration, some windows with crown glass remaining. Four windows on each
floor with vermiculated keystone blocks to lintels. C20 plate glass shop front
below with central doors. Medieval undercroft below the house noted by Margaret
Wood in her article "Thirteenth Century Domestic Architecture in England"
Archaeological Journal 105 (1950) supplement.

SURREY ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS (OFFPRINT) VOL. LXXIV (1983): Article on:
THE UNDERCROFT 72/4 HIGH STREET, GUILDFORD BY M. G. O'CONNELL & SHIRLEY CORKE.


Listing NGR: SU9980249517

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