Beech Tree House

SJ 6633-6733 12/84

MARKET DRAYTON C.P. SHROPSHIRE STREET (north-west side) No. 82 (Beech Tree House)

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House, latterly school. Late C18. Red brick with hipped plain tile roof. 2 storeys and attic over basement. Dentil brick eaves cornice and integral brick end stacks. Pair of hipped dormers with 3-light wooden casements and tile-hung sides. 3 bays; plate-glass sashes (tri- partite to outer bays) with painted stone cills and painted stone lintels with keystones. Central doorway with 6-panelled door (lower 2 beaded flush), wreathed fanlight and Doric doorcase consisting of unfluted pilasters supporting sections of entablature and open triangular pediment. C19 low 2-storey wing set back to right with brick ridge stack to left; plate-glass tripartite sashes with stone cills and keyed stone lintels. Rear of main block: 3 bays; segmental-headed glazing bar sashes, those on first floor and on ground-floor to left with margin lights. Interior: late C18 oak staircase with open string, cut brackets, stick balusters (2 per tread), moulded handrail and square foot newel. Left-hand ground- floor room with arched recessed flanking fireplace.

Listing NGR: SJ6722633976