17,18 AND 19, BRIDGE STREET

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

SP2054NW BRIDGE STREET 604-1/10/15 (South side) 09/02/72 Nos.17, 18 AND 19 (Formerly Listed as: BRIDGE STREET (South side) Nos.18 AND 19)

GV II

2 town houses now shops. Early C19, No.18 built in 1832. Stucco, slate roof behind parapet. 3 storeys; 3-window range with single-window range, No.17, to left, and 2-window range, No.19, to right. No.18 has giant Ionic pilasters, entablature and parapet with 3 panels; No.17 with quoins to left end and modillioned cornice; No.19 with 2nd floor sill band and simple top cornice and parapet. Large late C20 entrance with flanking rounded bay windows with colonnettes, deep friezes and cornices; No.17 has similar bay to right of entrance with rusticated wedge lintel over 6-fielded-panel door; No.19 has C20 ground floor. 1st floor has windows with sills and 12-pane sashes, No.17 with canted bay window with 4-pane sashes and lead hipped roof; 16-pane sashes to No.19. 2nd floor has 9-pane sashes flanking blind window; 16-pane sashes to No.19. Nos 18 & 19 were previously listed on 9.2.72, since when No.17 has been incorporated into No.18 (WH Smith), which is linked with Nos 2 & 3 High Street (qv); No.19 was originally so incorporated. (Bearman R: Stratford-upon-Avon: A History of its Streets and Buildings: Nelson: 1988-: 15-6).

Listing NGR: SP2019454971