History

This house or an earlier one on the site is said to have had a connection with Anne Boleyn and the Pinpoint family. It is now subdivided into flats and a shop. The present structure appears to date from late C16 to early C17. Early C19 character to Ship Street.

Exterior

Elevation to Ship Street with early C19 front of 3 storeys, 4 bays. Roughcast. Slate roof with flanking brick stacks. Plain pilasters; eaves band and band at second floor level; plinth. Sash windows 3 panes wide in reveals. On ground floor, in right-hand two bays and in common framework, a shop front and a 6-panelled house door with rectangular fanlight to flat No.2; in third bay from R, a six-panelled door with four fielded panels to flat No.1 and, in fourth bay, a triple sash window with glazing bars, and door all under brackted cornice.
To rear, small courtyard with stone flagged floor, entered via passage with stop-chamfered beams. North wall of courtyard with original pointed arch on ground floor; next to it, a sash window four panes wide on first floor and another sash window below it. West wall of courtyard with late C16 to C17 tall gabled wing of 2 storeys and attic. First floor and attic storey are slate-hung; first floor overhangs; moulded bressummer. Attic storey has moulded bargeboard and finial. Attic window of 3 mullioned lights. Sash window on first floor and 20-pane sash window on ground floor with external stair leading up to doorway to flat No.3. South wing of yard with exterior of C18 to early C19 date; possibly earlier core. Colourwashed walls to courtyard with window openings with cambered heads; a 9-pane sash window above and a 15-pane sash window below.

Interior

Interior of shop to front with moulded beams.

Reasons for Listing

Graded II* as building retaining C16/C17 structure within an early C19 remodelling. Group value with adjacent listed buildings in Ship Street.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q17743970

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)