Description

MALMESBURY

ST9387 MARKET CROSS
758-1/4/253 (East side)
18/01/49 Old Brewery House and attached
gateway, walls, piers and railings

GV II*

House, additional house at W end, now one. Dated 1672, early
C18 addition, E end refaced late C18.
MATERIALS: roughcast with quoins to coursed limestone rubble,
brick ridge and right-hand gable stacks and a stone slate
roof.
PLAN: double-depth.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 2:3:3-window range. Right-hand house has
parapeted facade, with a left-hand doorway with moulded
surround and carved brackets to hood and 6-panel door with the
top pair glazed, moulded surrounds to windows with 6/9-pane
sashes with fine bars, extending low on the ground floor.
Rubble right-hand gable has a date stone in the stack
inscribed: MAY/1672/S/T/A, possibly a marriage date, with a
small low casement and first-floor right-hand 6/6-pane sash.
W addition set back slightly with a party wall stack, a left
of centre doorway has bracketed stone canopy, and 6-panel
door, ashlar surrounds to 6/9-pane sashes, the right-hand
first-floor pair lower with 10/10-pane casements and small
cornices, with a small right-hand ground-floor window; the
left gable has a 4/8-pane attic sash, with a rear outshut.
Rear right-hand brick early C19 range with slate roof. Between
the two fronts a C18 lead hopper and downpipe.
INTERIOR: details include a winder stair down to a right-hand
end segmental-vaulted cellar with flagged floor; front
right-hand room with panelling, boxed out cornice and original
carved fireplace with basket grate.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached gateway with a wrought-iron
overthrow arch and lantern between the principal house, and a
gate with rusticated ashlar piers and spear-headed iron gates
and railings to the entrance from the street; L-shaped wall
extends from NE corner to enclose garden to E.
HISTORICAL NOTE: known as the Hop or Pumphouse in the late
C18.

Listing NGR: ST9334887290

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17544356

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Recommended Books

• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)