Description

LEOMINSTER

SO4958 SOUTH STREET
808-1/2/318 (West side)
Nos.88, 90 AND 92

GV II

3 houses, originally barn. Mid C17, probably converted and
altered late C18 and with later alterations. Timber-framed
with colourwashed brick fronts and Welsh slate roofs with
brick ridge stacks.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; 5-window range in all. No.92 to
left has 3 6/6 unhorned sashes each floor, the lower under
segmental brick arches. Central doorway and 1st floor band.
No.90 has 2-light casement over 2-light former shop window and
6-panel door to right, and No.88 has a C20 window each floor
with C20 part-glazed door to left. Brick dentilled eaves to
all.
Rear has late C18 wings to Nos.88 and 90, various extensions
and fragment of framing visible to No.92.
INTERIOR: the C17 roof trusses are partly visible in the party
walls and in the internal divisions of No.92. 4 or perhaps 5
bays originally. Massive tie-beams and also principals and
ridge piece, originally with 2 tiers of purlins. Fragments of
the purlins survive on rear walls and also may have been
re-used when the front was raised late C18. Some square panel
framing is visible in party walls and is reported to survive
on the right gable wall now covered by the adjoining house
(not included).

Listing NGR: SO4958158675

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26560324

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings