Description

TAMWORTH

SK2004SW LICHFIELD STREET
670-1/6/108 (North side)
31/05/84 Nos.116 AND 117

GV II

House, later subdivided into 2, now shops. Probably second
half of C16, with C19/20 alterations. Timber frame with
rendered front; tile roof with brick stacks to front of ridge.
2-unit plan. 2 storeys; 5-window range. 1st floor probably
jettied. No 116 has central segmental-headed entrance with
half-glazed door; No 117 has similar entrance to right end.
Ground floor has 2 segmental-headed windows of 2 lights with
pegged frames and shutter pegs, similar windows to 1st floor
with iron opening casements flanking blind window; No 117 has
small-paned bow window with frieze, cornice and canopy
extending over entrance to right, shutters; 1st floor has
3-light mullioned tramsomed window with casement to right of
blind window. Large stack to centre with smaller, later, stack
to left. Rear has gabled wing with square framing; irregular
fenestration with casements and entrances. Interior:
stop-chamfered beams and joists to both floors; large
fireplace with bressummer, smaller later fireplace and winding
stair to No 116; late C19 shop fittings to No 117; rear wing
has early C17 staircase with serpentine splat balusters, the
top flight with C16 fluted timber frieze re-used as handrail.

Listing NGR: SK2049704076

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503643

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas