Description

ST 2224 SE TAUNTON HIGH STREET

744/11/10012 Nos.54-55

II

Shop premises, now a wine bar. Dated 1894. Brick and cast-iron with stone dressings. Roof concealed.
PLAN: Rectangular on plan, with full-width showroom windows on each floor at front.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay front, each floor supported on brick end pilasters and two slender cast-iron columns and cast-iron beams with cornices, the top beam with frieze of festoons. The ground floor shop window replaced, but fascia above with cornice and swagged terminal brackets. 3:3:3 light former showroom windows above, glazing bars to top lights. Surmounted by stone balustrade with truncated finials and pedimental centrepiece with monogram relief in tympanum, and inscribed: Established 1775 Erected 1894'.
These premises were built for Hatcher and Sons Ltd.
INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: ST2266324355

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26537797

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)