6 And 8, Great Hales Street

SJ 6634-6734 13/45

MARKET DRAYTON C.P. GREAT HALES STREET (south-west side) Nos. 6 and 8

GV II

House, now pair of shops. Mid C17 with early C18 (dated 1702) and mid-to late C19 alterations and additions. Timber framed with brick nogging, partly rebuilt in painted and rendered brick. Plain tile roof with 2 bands of fishscale tiles. Framing: small square panels. 3framed bays. One storey and attic and 2 storeys. Pair of gabled semi dormers to right, the one to left with a cambered tie-beam dated: "17 T M 02"" with struts above, and both with late C20 louvres over windows and plain barge boards. Brick ridge stack off-centre to left. First-floor 3-light C19 wooden casement to left with late C20 louvred screen. Pair of late C20 shop fronts with plate-glass windows and glazed doors. Further C20 window and half-glazed door to centre. Revolving barber's pole to left of right-hand shop front. Some surviving timber-framing in rear wall. C19 brick wing at rear too. Interior: cambered tie-beam truss with queen struts. Chamfered purlins. Left- hand ground-floor room with chamfered spine beam and plain joists. Old floor boards and old boarded doors. Eaves raised probably in the C18. Only part of the interior was inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ6762834102