The Shrieve'S House

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

SP2054NW SHEEP STREET 604-1/10/222 (North side) 25/10/51 No.40 The Shrieve's House (Formerly Listed as: SHEEP STREET (North side) No.40)

GV II*

Yeoman's house, with rear outbuildings now shop. Front range probably rebuilt on old plan after 1614 fire, outbuildings rebuilt after 1595 fire; restored 1908, 1947 by F Yorke and 1979 by SA Wright. Timber-frame with plaster infill on coursed rubble plinth; tile roof with brick rear stack. 2 storeys with attic; 3 irregular bays; 1st floor jettied on carved brackets.Entrance to left end is a later feature, triangular head with leaded lights above and studded door with strap hinges and enriched iron handle; 1st floor raised over large carriage entrance to right end which has paired battened plank doors. Ground floor has 1:3:1-light canted oriel, originally bay window; similar oriel above has hipped roof, 3-light window to right and inserted 1908 two-light window to left; attic has 1947 large and small gabled dormers with windows of 4 and 3 lights. Close-studded framing. Rear has short gabled wing with stack to left of ridge and entrance with battened door. Lower 2-storey outbuilding range has brick and plaster infill; mostly 3-light windows, some with wooden diamond mullions originally unglazed, and varied entrances. Square framing. INTERIOR: well preserved with C17 staircase with splat balusters and square newels with finials; stud partitions and ex-situ panelling and doors brought from another house c1947. HISTORICAL NOTE: the house belonged to the Guild of Holy Cross, later to the Corporation; it became known in the C20 as the Shrieve's House from its 1st recorded tenent, William Sheryve, 1542; also inhabited by William Rogers, a Sergeant at the Mace, for whom the house was rebuilt and enlarged after the fire of 1595, and John Woolmer, the 1st Mayor of Stratford, 1664. A good example of a late C16 or early C17 yeoman's house retaining its range of outbuildings. (Bearman R: Stratford-upon-Avon: A History of its Streets and Buildings: Nelson: 1988-: 51; Stratford-upon-Avon Papers: Ree P: The Shrieve's House, Stratford-upon-Avon: Stratford-upon-Avon: 1987-).

Listing NGR: SP2023354876