17 And 17A, High Street

SJ 6634-6734 13/55

MARKET DRAYTON C.P. HIGH STREET (south- west side)

Nos. 17 and 17A

GV II

House, latterly inn, now pair of shops. Early to mid-C18 remodelling of a probably C17 building. Rendered, over either timber frame or brick. Plain tile roof. Incorporating timber framed core. 2 storeys. Moulded wooden eaves cornice. Pair of dormers, left-hand hipped and right-hand gabled, and both with small-paned wooden casements. Stack behind ridge to left. 4 bays; first-floor 4-pane (C18 altered in C19) sashes with exposed wooden boxes. Pair of mid-C20 projecting shop-front each with plate glass window to right and door to left. Door to passage- way to left with 8 beaded flush panels and rectangular overlight. Pair of gabled rear wings (end walls rebuilt in late C20). Interior: substantial amount of surviving timber frame including framed right-hand end wall with wattle and daub infill, chamfered jowl post, and chamfered beam with run-out stops. Plastered former rear wall of front range visible in attic with small window and a door with a moulded beam reused as a jamb. C17 oak winder stair to attic. Old oak floor boards. Small cupboard on stairs to first floor with butterfly hinges. C18 work includes cased beams, 6-panelled doors with moulded architraves, and ground-floor rear room with probably former fireplace or bookcase surround with fluted pilasters.

Listing NGR: SJ6756934148