17, 18 AND 19, HIGH STREET

SU6089SE 11/99 09/12/49

WALLINGFORD HIGH STREET (South side) Wallingford Nos. 17, 18 and 19

GV II*

Row of 3 houses, possibly originally shops with dwellings above. Probably early C16 with later alterations. Roughcast, probably on timber framing; old plain-tile roof; brick end stack to left. Basement. 2-storey, 3-window range. C20 six-panel door to right of centre. Two 6-panel doors with architrave surrounds approached by stone steps to left of centre. Basement window to centre. 4-pane unhorned sash, with architrave surround to left. C20 twelve-pane horned sash with architrave surround to right. Probably late C18 shop window of 24-panes with flanking half-columns having masks to lintel at centre. Jetty to first floor, that to centre at higher level. 12-pane unhorned sashes with architrave surrounds to left and centre. 12-pane horned sash with architrave surround to right. Interior: cellar of No.18 noted as having stone quadripartite vaulting of 2 bays, possibly incorporating re-used masonry from the priory church. Ground floor of No.19 lowered. Arch braced truss to first floor front. Nos.17 and 18 noted as having king-post smoke bay. No.17 as having evidence of former cross-gable to street. ("Some Notes on the Domestic Architecture of Wallingford, Berkshire" by P.S. Spokes in Berkshire Archaeological Journal, Vol.50, 1947; V.C.H. Berkshire, Vol.III, 1923, p.519).

Listing NGR: SU6082989488