Description

MALMESBURY

ST9387 HIGH STREET
758-1/4/163 (East side)
01/07/76 Nos.48 AND 50

GV II

Pair of houses and shops. Late C18, shop fronts and No.50
refronted mid C19. Coursed limestone rubble and dressings,
brick gable stacks and stone slate roof.
PLAN: double-depth.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; 5-window range. A continuous
pair have rusticated quoins and coped gables with moulded
kneelers.
Late C19 shop fronts have panelled jambs to consoles and a
fascia with cornice, an ashlar plinth to 3 plate-glass lights
with ogee heads and thin mullions each side of central
recessed doorways with similarly-arched overlights.
No.48 has cambered heads to late C20 casements, with a central
attic pair of casements and right-hand triple casement roof
dormer; a rear single-storey outshut with a single dormer.
No.50 has altered first-floor windows with keyed cambered
heads and rusticated jambs to horned plate-glass sashes, and 2
gabled dormers with C20 top-hung casements, and timber
brackets to the eaves; the right-hand gable has a blocked
doorway and left-hand sash, a small rear gable above a gabled
range over No.50A Ingram Street.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: ST9336787029

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559486

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)