44 45, Priory Street

WARE TOWN

TL3514SW PRIORY STREET 829-1/8/158 (North side) Nos.44 AND 45

GV II

House, now 2 dwellings. C16, altered C17 and later, extended C18. Timber-framed, stucco faced, stuccoed brick ground floor underbuilding former jetty, old tiled roof, with gable at left (No.45) facing street, central yellow brick chimney, with oversailing course and 4 pots. 2 storeys. First floor has two 3-light wood casements, with divided glazing left and right, and central single light casement. Thin modern studding planted on gable end at left. Ground floor has one recessed 3-light and one 2-light wood casement with divided glazing. Recessed plank doors at extreme left and right. At right behind No.44 is C18 extension in plum red brick, Flemish bond with some overburnt headers, brick eaves cornice with projecting headers, old tiled roof, hipped with half round ridge tiles, and red brick chimneystack with oversailing courses and three pots. Timber-framing visible internally. No.45 appears to be a 2 bay structure, originally with jettied front, with a braced tie-beam truss, and a pegged collar roof, without purlins. (Ware 25" to 1 Mile. Surveyed by the Ordnance Survey Department: 1851-).

Listing NGR: TL3534314358