15, Market Street

1. 5253 MARKET STREET (East Side)

No 15 TL 4821 SE:3/101

II GV

1. C17 brick, remodelled mid/late C19 probably by G E Pritchett, extended in 1890 by G E Pritchett in same style, incorporating early C17 timber-framed house in Devoils Lane. Painted stucco in Italianate style, old tile and slate roofs. L-plan with single-storey extension in south corner. Three storeys. Parapetted over modillioned cornice. Round-headed sash windows in elaborate surrounds, those of first floor are single light with panelled pilasters and moulded architraves and keystones. Second floor windows are mainly 2-light in apron frames with pilasters and plain heads. Projecting chimney on south with sunken lancet panels at top. Single-storey canted bay on south with pilastered ground floor and parapet of cast iron railings between moulded pedestals. Similar single-storey extension on east which adjoins early C17 gable end. This is 2 1/2 storeys, slate roof, with round-headed, 2-light, ground and first floor windows. The property was remodelled as Bishops Stortford's first Head Post Office in 1890 and has important townscape value in Devoils Lane and Market Street.

Listing NGR: TL4876921359