46, High Street

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SP 0937 8/42

BROADWAY CP HIGH STREET (north side) No 46

(Fomerly listed as No 48 (Broad Close))

30.7.59

GV II* House. 1806, with remains of C16 or earlier, altered c1825. Limestone ashlar with Welsh slate roof. Main part of facade is a symmetrical composition of two storeys and three bays, with storey band, modillion cornice, and blocking course. The central bay projects slightly and has an open pediment with blind oculus. Windows are sashed with glazing bars. On the ground floor are tripartite timber bows on stone bases. On the first floor the outer windows are tripartite, with flat-faced stone mullions. The six-panel door is set in a stone doorcase with engaged Tuscan columns and a pediment. Gables coped with chimneys. Adjoining at the left is a lower bay which has a storey band and a cornice with blocking course. Its windows are tripartite with flat-faced mullions. Door at left. A wing at the rear of the lower bay has three small quatrefoiled openings in its west wall.

Interior: open-well stair has open string, stick balusters and ramped handrail. The rear wing contains three cruck trusses, one with tie-beam removed, with spurs and outriders. The southern truss has empty mortices for arch-braces visible on the first floor. The truss is open, suggesting that the building once extended further south.

Listing NGR: SP1010237546