Description

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

SP2055SW SHAKESPEARE STREET
604-1/8/197 (North West side)
Nos.7 AND 8

GV II

Pair of houses. 1836-7. Brick with buff headers and stucco
dressings; slate roof with brick end stacks. Georgian style. 2
storeys; symmetrical 3-window range. Top brick cornice.
Round-headed entrances and entry to centre have blind
fanlights and C20 doors, the entry with plank door. Ground
floor has canted bay window with cornices over plate-glass
shop window to No.7 and 4:12:4-pane sashes to No.8. Windows to
1st floor have sills, and rusticated wedge lintels over
12-pane sashes. Part of the early C19 development of the north
part of Stratford, known as New Town.
(Information from Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office).

Listing NGR: SP2000955284

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585986

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Recommended Books

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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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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)