17, North Street

SX 9193 SE NORTH STREET 871/2/10097 (Southeast side) 23-JUN-00 17

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House with shop at ground floor. C17 core or earlier. Front of No.17 forms a pair with front of No.18 (q.v.). Red brick front apparently dates to 1900 when road was widened. The gable of the earlier timber-framed main structure is visible above the brick parapet; rear elevation painted and roughcast; stack with tall brick shaft and corbelled band; cast iron rainwater goods to rear. Plan: Front block one-room wide and gable-ended to the street with a narrower rear wing. This may be the remains of a gallery-and-back-block plan, the gallery and back block missing (the gallery of No 18 survives in part). Exterior: The c1900 brick front to Nos 17 & 18 is symmetrical and 3 storeys high. No 17 has a 2-bay front with plain projecting pilasters and a plain parapet. C20 shop front with plate glass windows canted into central doorway with 2-leaf half-glazed door with low panels. 4-pane horned sashes to both floors. Rear elevation has 2 4-pane sashes and 2 smaller windows. INTERIOR: Not inspected internally but likely to retain features of interest including framing behind later wall plaster etc.; known to contain 17th century staircase.

Listing NGR: SX9183092623