19 And 20, High Street

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

SP2054NW HIGH STREET 604-1/10/119 (East side) 09/02/72 Nos.19 AND 20

GV II*

Town house, now restaurant and shop. c1610, before 1615; 1920s restoration. Timber-frame with plaster infill; tile roof with rear brick stack. Originally formed one house with No.21 (qv) and had 2 gables. 3 storeys with attic; symmetrical 2-window range. 2nd floor jettied on consoles and exposed soffit timbers. Early C20 shop fronts with enriched consoles to fascias, and canopies. 1st floor has C20 wooden-mullioned and transomed oriels with flanking original small 2-light windows. 2nd floor has 4-light projecting windows; 4-light hipped dormer window; all windows have leaded glazing. Close-studded framing with mid rails. 1920s timber bracketed sign board. Rear has gabled wing with rainwater head and cross-axial stack with separate diagonal shafts; single-storey and attic wing. INTERIOR: broadly chamfered beams and exposed timber-framing, close studded to left return; open-well stair with cut string and enriched tread ends, and column-on-vase balusters; dado panelling; rear room has corner cupboard with fluted pilasters, 6-fielded-panel door, simplified shell vault and shaped shelves. 1st floor has some C17 panelling and stone chimney breast with bressumer. (Bearman R: Stratford-upon-Avon: A History of its Streets and Buildings: Nelson: 1988-: 40; History of the Streets of Stratford-upon-Avon: Bearman R et al: High Street: 1971-1974).

Listing NGR: SP2014654883