35, St Giles Street

TG 2208 NE ST. GILES STREET (north side) 15/755 26.2.54 No. 35 GV II Former house, now shop and offices with C15 undercroft. Shop and offices:- late C16/early C17 street range remodelled and heightened in the C18. Later C18 parallel rear range and long block at right- angles. Red brick and black pantile roof 3 storeys plus cellar to rear range. 4 bays to street range. Fine C19 shopfront with off-centre door that reflects the C18 entry arrangement. Sash windows with glazing bars and rubbed brick flat arches at first floor and bottom- hung casements with glazing bars at 2nd floor. Block modillion cornice. Interesting interior arrangement with open-well stair at rear, right- hand side having turned balusters and carved brackets. This leads to a first floor back room with very find C18 panelling over door and mantel carving and plaster ceiling. Undercroft:- Brick. 2 irregular bays at right-angles to the street line. Single-order diagonal ribs with additional radiating ribs to accommodate door and window openings. Wall arches and lighting niches in the south bay. The building is graded II for the undercroft with forms part of an important group within the City Walls and for the C18 carving and plasterwork.

Listing NGR: TG2273908588