15 And 15A, Shropshire Street

SJ 6634-6734 13/66

MARKET DRAYTON C.P. SHROPSHIRE STREET (south-east side) Nos. 15 and 15A

GV II

House, now shop and office. Early C17, remodelled in the early C19. Timber frame, encased in painted brick. Plain tile roof. One framed bay. 2 storeys and attic. Large central gabled eaves dormer consisting of a small-paned 2-light wooden casement with wooden returned hoodmould. Stack(s) not visible at time of survey (June 1986). First-floor glazing bar sash with gauged-brick and stone cill. Barber's pole attached to first floor at right. Ground-floor early C19 shop-front consisting of a square bay with a pair of plate-glass sashes and fascia above. Half-glazed door set at angle at right-hand corner. Right-hand gable end: first-floor and attic glazing bar sashes with gauged- brick heads and stone cills. Shopfront to left consisting of a plate-glass sash, flanking reeded plaster strips with roundels at top and fascia above. Small shop front to right with small-paned (2 x 3) window to right, 6-panelled door to left (lower 2 panels flush), flanking reeded pilaster strips with roundels at top, and fascia and cornice above. Interior: substantial amount of surviving timber frame. Roof with large tie-beams, and chamered purlins with straight wind braces. Chamfered corner posts. Ground- floor chamfered spine beam. Old oak floorboards and plank doors. The first floor was formerly jettied on to Shropshire Street. It is reported (Mr. G. Hilton 1986) that the moulded bressumer survives behind the fascia.

Listing NGR: SJ6752934129