Description

STOWMARKET

TM0458 STATION ROAD
614-1/4/106 (North side)
19/04/72 No.3

GV II*

Shop, formerly house and shop. Late C14, altered early C15 and
C20. Plastered and colourwashed timber-frame. Plain tile and
concrete corrugated tile roofs. Late C14 range parallel to
road at right with early C15 range added gable-end on to road
left over a square-headed carriage entrance.
2 storeys and attic. To right of carriage entrance is a late
C19 plate-glass shopfront, rather altered C20. Carriage arch
leads to close studded passage with inserted late C20 display
window. Over passage is jettied gable with 2 consoles lit
through a late C18 3-light casement with leaded glazing.
Gabled roof. Range to right, (parallel to road), also with
jettied first floor, the jetty obscured by C20 fasic board.
One 4/8 sash. Gabled roof with plain tiles. Sloping dormer to
extreme right.
INTERIOR. Boxed bridging beams to shop. Frame has tension
braces at first floor. Roof of north-south block with 2 early
C15 octagonal crown posts. Posts with splayed feet and tops,
the latter with 4 arched braces reaching to crown purlin and
collars. Tie beams on arched braces, some missing. Roof of
east-west block has one remaining late C14 octagonal crown
post with moulded capital and 2 cranked braces to collar. 2
further braces once linked with missing crown purlin. Junction
of the 2 blocks has exterior plaster to once free-standing
east-west block.

Listing NGR: TM0488958704

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17539645

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)