42A And 44, High Street

SJ 5441 8/101 1.5.51

WHITCHURCH URBAN C.P. HIGH STREET (south-west side) Nos. 42A and 44 (formerly listed as Nos. 42 and 44)

GV II

House, now pair of shops and flats. Early C18 with some C19 alterations. Rendered, probably over brick, with painted sandstone dressings. Plain tile roof. 3 storeys. Chamfered quoins, parapet with frieze, moulded cornice and blocking course with rounded coping, and parapeted gable ends. Integral brick end stacks, that to right larger and of T- section, and brick stack in front of ridge off-centre to left. 5 bays; segmental-headed boxed 4-pane sashes with moulded stone cills, half-H panels beneath, lintels, and raised keystones with moulded tops. Lead downpipe between second and third bays from left with moulded semi-circular rainwater head. Pair of C19 shop-fronts, that to right with plate-glass windows flanking central recessed glazed doors, deep fascia and panelled end-pilasters with paired brackets above, and that to right with plate-glass windows curving around corner to left, recessed glazed door to right, deep fascia and cornice. Oval tie plate to left of left-hand second-floor window. Rendered gabled wing, possibly timber framed (see pairs of purlins and steep roof pitch). Early C19 doorway at rear with doorcase consisting of incised pilaster strips, entablature and cornice. Interiors not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ5412341604