1, The Borough

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SU 8346 NE 5/118

THE BOROUGH (North west side) Number 1

(Formerly listed as No 1 (Premises of L Smith, Hairdresser))

GV II C16 building of 2 storeys and attic at right angles to street; a long irregular timber-framed block with colour-washed brick infilling and irregular windows; 6 panelled door in reveals; architrave frame; moulded cornice on brackets over; a north gable end tile hung. Old tile roof. This is one of the medieval shopping or trade courts. The front to street is C19 With modernIsed shop; uppermost storey is similar to No 2 The Borough with rendered front, paired bracketed eaves, quoins and shouldered segmental architraves. Applied post and pan timbering, tiled canopy and transomed and mullioned windows to lst floor 3-centred arched carriageway to right hand on ground floor.

Once The Bear Inn (pre-mid-C18; see Nigel Temple, "Farnham Buildings and People", page 2).

Nos 1 to 9 (consec) (including No 1A), and Nos 1 to 6 Town Hall Buildings (The Borough), Nos 1 and 77 Castle Street, the listed buildings from Nos 108 to 122 (consec) West Street, all form a group.

Listing NGR: SU8391646850