London House

SE 7803-7903 20/82 15.7.87

EPWORTH MARKET PLACE (east side)

No 4/6 (London House)

GV II

House, now house and shop. Mid C18, probably with earlier origins to rear; later C18 - early C19 extension to left; late C19 shop front and alterations, unsympathetic C20 alterations. Brick in Flemish bond, colour- washed to front. Welsh slate roof to front, pantile roof to rear. L-shaped on plan: 2-room, central entrance-hall front with garage to left, wing to rear right. 2 storeys with attic, 5 slightly irregular bays: originally 6 bays, now with 2 blocked windows flanking central window, and single-bay addition to left. Plinth. Steps to C20 glazed door in late C19 - early C20 surround with plain overlight, architrave and moulded brackets carrying corniced hood. To right, a pair of late C19-C20 plate-glass sashes in earlier flush wooden architraves with sills beneath keyed cambered stucco arches. To left, shopfront with pilasters, plain frieze, carved consoles carrying cornice and hood, containing inserted C20 door and windows. Inserted C20 garage door to far left. Moulded first-floor band. First floor windows similar to those at ground-floor right, but shorter. Moulded and coved plaster eaves cornice. Stone-coped gable to right. C19 rebuilt ridge and end stacks with cogged brick cornices. Rear wing has steeply pitched roof, brick-coped gable. Interior: ground-floor right room has moulded plaster cornice and boxed-in spine beam with moulded plaster soffit, fielded-panel window shutters. Not fully investigated. Empty and disused at time of resurvey.

Listing NGR: SE7834603806