Description

WELLS

ST5445 HIGH STREET
662-1/7/87 (South side)
16/01/73 No.11

GV II

House now office over shop, formerly the Catherine Wheel Inn.
C16 or C17, but substantially restructured mid C20; reputed to
incorporate fragments of building from 1414. Brick pilasters,
rendered and colourwashed panels, Welsh slate roof between
abutments.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 2 bays. Ground floor has plain 3-unit
display window and shallow fascia over, first floor has traces
of mouldings on sill beam to jetty, second floor plain, to
both floors are 3-light timber casement windows with
rectangular leaded lights, simple parapet.
INTERIOR: there are some chamfered beams at first floor-level
otherwise it is totally rebuilt. Substantially restructured,
but significant for its early origins and townscape value in
the medieval town.

Listing NGR: ST5496045724

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26662949

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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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)