Description

SE2918 HORBURY QUEEN STREET
(west side)

9/17 Nos 37 and 39

GV II

Shop premises. Timber frame probably C16. Encased in brick probably C19.
The front is rendered. The front range has a stone roof, the rear wing
slate. Two storeys. 2-bay front with rear single-bay wing to a now removed
3rd bay to left. Two entrances and altered ground floor windows. Two
casement windows to 1st floor with slightly cambered heads. No 37 is a
single storey lean-to shop of late C20 not of special interest but built on
the site of the demolished front left bay. The rear wing has a cambered
headed window to ground floor and a tripartite square headed window to 1st
floor with horizontal sliding sash.
Interior: timber framing visible. 3 pairs of jowelled posts, wall plates.
Left truss has tie beam only visible, centre truss has king-post and raking
queen struts with housings under the tie-beam for studding (some repair
work), right truss has king-post and vertical studs. Braces have been
removed. A chamfer can be seen, on the front wall plate, for a window
opening. A stop-chamfered spine beam supports chamfered 1st floor joists.
The rear wing has trusses with very deep, cambered tie-beams supported on
posts.

Listing NGR: SE2947718353

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26479290

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)