Description

WELLS

ST5445 HIGH STREET
662-1/7/115 (South side)
No.43

GV II

House with shop. Possibly some C17 fabric, earlier C20 facade.
Render over timber-frame with false ashlar joints scribed on,
possibly on timber-framing, colourwashed, hipped double Roman
clay tiled roof with ridge at right angles to road, behind
parapet. Right-angle plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 2 bays. 1960s shop front to ground floor,
with mosaic pilaster, deep fascia, central doorway, above, two
4-pane sash windows in plain surrounds, between which projects
a mid C20 electric clock. Long rear wing includes one early
C19 16-pane sash; roof to wing rebuilt.
INTERIOR: the ground floor altered to form shop. The upper
floor has low ceilings, and there are some plank ledged doors.
The feet only are exposed of what could be collar trusses, the
centre with wall posts each end, that to the W side with
jowelled head. On the landing, one crossbeam has chamfers
without runout.

Listing NGR: ST5487545653

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26662973

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)