6, 8 And 10, London Street

TO 0466 and 0566 CHERTSEY LONDON STREET (south side) 9/31 Nos 6, 8 and 10

GV II

Marked on map as nos 6, 8, 10 and 12. Commercial premises. C17 with C18 refronting and additions and further alterations and additions C19 and C20. Brick, rendered at rear; plain tile roofs. 2 storeys, 5 bays in all with rear wings. Road front: 2, 2, 3 bays, nos 8 and 10 of brick in flemish bond painted; no 6 with rebuilt facade in stretcher bond; late C20 brick pier at left end (part of rebuilt gable wall). Each has shop front, no 6 is late C20, no 10 is late C19 having 2 doors, pilasters on plinths and corbels flanking entablature; no 8 is (the best) late C19, having similar pilasters, metal grille over windows, fluted corbels with flower panels above flanking fascia board, and sun canopy box. On 1st floor, windows have flush wood frames and flat brick arches: 2-pane sashes to no 10, 12-pane sashes to no 8, 4-pane sashes to no 6. Coped parapet. Roof lower at left end and rising in hip between 1st and 2nd bays. Stack at right end in front roof pitch. Rear: no 6 has mid-late CZO flat-roofed addition, not of special interest; no 8 has paired gabled wings with C20 windows, eaves band and broad cross-ridge stack to right wing; further right a shallower gabled wing with brownish brick in English garden wall pond exposed, from which project a narrow gabled bay on left, and 2 other wings on R. Interior: no 10 has some old board doors and on 1st floor, on right, an arched brace rises from front wall to tie-beam. No 10 not inspected, but reported to contain Georgian-panelled passage and board doors (Domestic Building Research Group, report no 3637). Included for group value.

Listing NGR: TQ0423866929