3 And 4, Haymarket

TG 2208 SE TG 2308 SW HAYMARKET (east side) 22/375 23/375 26.2.54 Nos. 3 and 4 (formerly listed as No. 3) - II* Former house now shop, offices and surgery with C15 undercroft. C16 with C18 and C20 alterations. Rendered timber frame at first floor and brick stair turrets to rear range. Brick street range. Pantile roofs. L-shape plan with the longest axis at right-angles to the street line. Street facade:- 3 storeys, 5 bays. C20 shop front with central door. Sash windows throughout with glazing bars and rubbed brick flat arches. Bracket cornice. The left-hand, ground floor ceiling has heavy C16 cross-beams and joists. Rear range:- At right angles to and away from street line behind the width of the C16 timber ceiling in the street range, and mostly hidden by adjoining buildings. C19 entry from yard off White Lion Street:- door with moulded 2-centre arch, casement window to the right and blocked window to the left, both with drip moulds. Oriel window at first floor with crenellated parapet. Interior:- partly re-made frieze windows on first-floor south wall. Arch- braced tie-beam first floor ceiling with later C16 battens inserted and braces removed. Re-framed linen-fold panelling with the rebus Q and vat for Curat. Undercroft:- brick. At right-angles to and away from street-line. 2 bays each within diagonal and cross ribs and blocked side chambers. Re- positioned door at the west end with moulded jambs and carved spandrels. Scheduled as an Ancient Monument.

Listing NGR: TG2299308414