Description

SP 84 SE
1/10001

NEWPORT PAGNELL
HIGH STREET (north side)
Numbers 40 and 42 (even)

GV
II
Shops with accommodation above. C17, possibly with some earlier work; remodelled and partly rebuilt in the early C19 and altered in the C20. Timber-framed partly rebuilt in
Flemish-bond red brick and partly rendered. Slate roofs with gabled ends and deep eaves, No.42 on left with bracketed soffit. Brick axial and gable-end stacks.

PLAN: No.40 on right is a deep narrow C17 range with what might be earlier framing in the rear wing. No.42 on left is on wider plot and largely rebuilt in circa 1835.

EXTERIOR: three storeys, 3:1 window ranges. No.40 on right rendered, first floor large canted bay window with sixteen-pane sash and four-pane side-lights and sixteen-pane second floor sash. No.42 on left has three windows on first and second floors with flat brick arches and later four-pane sashes. Circa late C19 shop fronts with C20 fascia applied over the top. At rear No.42 on right has tall narrow early C19 extension and on left; No.40 has timber-framed rear wing with brick infill, partly rebuilt in brick and with some stone rubble at base; C19 casement and sash windows and C17 hipped dormer with two-light casement with leaded panes.

INTERIOR: No.40 first front room has plaster ceiling cornice with cyma reversa and recta mouldings and two-panel door. Chamber above has timber framing exposed in partition, two-panel door and cast-iron grate. Rear wing has chamfered axial beams and two half-glazed doors; first floor has chamfered axial beams with hollow step stops and two-panel door; purlins exposed in attic chambers and truss in lower rear range of wing,its tie-beam apparently sooted on the north side. No.42 has cast-iron columns supporting shop, C19 staircase with elliptical arches on landings, two-panel doors and panelled and glazed door with crown glass.

Listing NGR: SP8766043952

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26496198

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)