Description

1.
944 HIGH STREET
(North East Side)

No 8
TR 1457 NE 4/751

II

2.
Late C14, C18 and circa 1870. This is included for its late C14 timber-framed
core. The front elevation is part of a. tgrrace built soon after a fire of
1865, which is not in itself listable. High Street facade of 4 storeys cement
rendered. Bracket eaves cornice and pilasters. 3 sashes cornice and
brackets to 2nd floor windows and round-headed arches with keystones to 1st
floor. Later shopfront. Behind this is the framing of a late C14 3 storeyed
double-jettied house with cellar containing niche below. This was of 3 bays,
set endwise to the street and the hall was probably in the middle bay most of
the framing remains, together with bronze Cl7 posts. The rear elevation is of
3 storeys and was altered in the C18, the ground floor being underbuilt in
brick, the upper floors rendered. This has 2 sashes with glazing bars intact
and a ground floor canted bay and doorcase with rectangular fanlight. On the
2nd storey are 2 original mediaeval windows with holes for window bars and
sliding shutter grooves. Around these windows is. the original C15 yellow brick
infill.

Listing NGR: TR1491257839

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26549480

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