90, High Street

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SP 5106 SE 9/360

HIGH STREET (south side) No 90

12.1.54

GV II House and shop (RCHM 64). Early C17 and refronted in C18-C19. Four-storeyed, stucccoed, timber framing with cellars, a moulded eaves cornice, parapet, Welsh slate roof and brick stacks. Carried up through the upper floors are two bay windows with three-light sash windows. On the ground floor on each side of the shop is a door in a reeded frame flanked by an engaged Doric column. Six-panel doors in a pair. Late C19 shop. Roof not visible.

Interior:(RCHM p 163 b) Includes a blocked original doorway and a partly renewed staircase; a plaster ceiling with moulded ornamented beams; original panelling, fireplaces and overmantels. At the back is an addition (now a lecture room of University College) built by James Adam, a cabinet maker, circa 1812; it has two Venetian windows.

History: built in 1612 by John Williams apothecary and refronted by James Adam, probably early in C19. In 1905 it was acquired by University College of which it is now part. Here lodged the mother of John Ruskin when he was at Christ Church, 1836-40.

All the listed buildings on the south side form a group.

Listing NGR: SP5167406247