Post Office And House, 1 High Street And 41 Nethergate Street

1. 2006 TL 74 NE 18/61 19.12.61

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CLARE High Street (West Side) No 1 (Post Office & house)

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2. Together with No 41 Nethergate Street, a late C15 or early C16 timber framed and plastered house with a crosswing at the south end and a return front at No 41 Nethergate Street. Much altered and refronted in the early C19, with a parapet on the east front. Now faced in roughcast. 2 storeys and attics. 4 window range on the east front and 2 window range on the south front, double-hung sashes with glazing bars, in flush cased frames, One of the 1st storey windows on the east front has the carved sill of a former oriel window, carved with figures and a shield. No 41 Nethergate Street has 2 early C19 shop fronts, one on the south front has fluted pilasters with a cornice and is flanked by 2 doorways, one with a 6-panel door, reeded pilasters and a cornice hood on paired brackets. The other shop front is a good example of its kind, with a corner 6-panel double door with a rectangular fanlight, flanking small paned shop windows with glazing bars (thin section), narrow pilasters and a continuous fascia cornice. Roofs tiled, with 1 segmental headed dormer on the east front.

Nos 1 to 8 (consec) with Nos 28, 29 and 31, all the listed buildings in Well Lane, Stone Hall and Nos 36 to 40 (consec) Nethergate Street form a group.

Listing NGR: TL7695445251