Description

MALMESBURY

ST9387 HIGH STREET
758-1/4/157 (East side)
01/07/76 No.42

GV II

House, then pair of shops, now in one occupation. Late C18
with late C19 and C20 shop fronts. Limestone rubble and
dressings with a truncated brick stack and stone slate roof.
PLAN: U-shaped with single-depth front and rear wings to a
through-passage.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; 2:2-window range. Former No.40,
half the width of No.42, has a full-width shop front has thin
mullions to plate-glass windows, consoles to a fascia, with
recessed right-hand doorway with a good C18 fanlight and
4-panel door, and recessed shop window between the windows;
rendered lintels to 2/2-pane first-floor sashes in exposed
boxes, and cambered heads to 2 casement dormers. No.42 to the
right has a full-width shop front, quoins above and a plain
fascia, with widely-spaced windows with rendered lintels to
8/8-pane sashes in exposed sashes. Good cast-iron hopper with
lion head, decorative downpipe and full-width gutter with an
ivy leaf pattern.
INTERIOR: details include a winder stair over the
through-passage, and a first-floor front room with a dividing
elliptical arch.

Listing NGR: ST9335987068

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559522

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas