Description

HENLEY-IN-ARDEN

SP1566 HIGH STREET
652-1/10/111 (East side)
06/02/52 Lloyds Bank

GV II

House, from 1943 a bank. Late C16 or C17 origins with
extensive reconstruction in 1916 with contemporary shop front.
Brick and roughcast with timber-frame to first floor; gabled
roof with renewed tiles and brick ridge stack with 2 octagonal
shafts with raised lattice work. T-plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 3-window range plus cross-wing to left
end. Roughcast with central gable with decorative
timber-framing; wing has brick ground floor and timber-framed
first floor with jettied gable with decorative framing.
Ground floor has 4 windows with narrow sills and bowed 8/8
horned sashes, one to right end replaced by automatic teller
machine; bowed shop window to left has panelled pilaster to
right and frieze and cornice over small-paned glazing; first
floor has windows with 2-light leaded casements flanking
window with similar 1:2:1-light casement; gable with small
window with 2-light leaded casement with iron opening
casement.
Wing has 3 small windows to ground floor with tile flat arches
over bowed small-paned and leaded glazing; first floor with
canted oriel with leaded glazing. 2 enriched rainwater heads.
Left return facing Market Cross (qv) has timber-framed first
floor with large gable with decorative glazing; double-fronted
shop front with panelled pilasters and frieze with paterae
over pilasters and cornice over paired panelled doors and
small-paned bow windows. First floor has window with paired
2-light leaded casements. Lantern with enriched wrought-iron
bracket to right end.
Rear has similar details to cross wing, with plaque with
boar's head crest pierced by arrow and lettering: W/ J/ F/
1916. Some C17 or C18 brick with large external stack with C20
top and large gabled C19 wing to right with segmental-headed
openings.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Important position facing Market Place and closing view along
High Street from north.
(Cooper W: Henley-in-Arden: An Ancient Market Town:
Birmingham: 1946-: 100).

Listing NGR: SP1511266099

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26662427

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings