73 High Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1980. A Tudor House. 8 related planning applications.
73 High Street
- WRENN ID
- muffled-timber-grove
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 June 1980
- Type
- House
- Period
- Tudor
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
73 High Street is a two-storey building with an attic, originally part of a larger early 16th-century house, which included 75 High Street. The front was remodeled in the mid-19th century, and a new shop front was added in the early 21st century. A rear outshut was added in the 20th century.
The building is made of coursed, squared limestone rubble that is rendered, with roofs covered in plain clay tiles. It features a brick gable-end chimney stack. The layout is single-depth, with the former great chamber located on the first floor.
The exterior is three bays wide. The current shop front, installed in 2021, replaced a mid-20th-century version. On the first floor, there are three horned, plate-glass sash windows with cambered heads, above which is a moulded cornice and a 20th-century parapet. The two hipped dormer windows contain three-over-three sash windows, and there are blocked former openings on the north-east wall.
Inside, the building retains three bays of the original early 16th-century, five-bay roof that extends over the adjacent 75 High Street. This roof features straight collars and tie beams, along with alternate curved wind braces. The former first-floor great chamber boasts an enriched early 17th-century plaster ceiling with a geometrical pattern of moulded ribs, foliate bosses, roses, and formal sprays of fruit and foliage, as well as an arabesque frieze. There is a stone fireplace with a three-centre arch, double cyma moulding, moulded stops, and a herringbone brick back. To the left of the fireplace, there is a winder stair with stick balusters.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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