31 And 33, Broad Street

SO 7225-7325 NEWENT BROAD STREET (north side)

13/78 Nos 31 and 33 (formerly listed as Shop premises 2.10.54 50 yards north west of No 5)

GV II

Former house and shop, now shop; C16, altered C18 and C20. Timber- framed, rendered panels, to front, rear wall stone, tiled roof. Two bays, 2 rooms deep, 2 storeys and attics. On left to street main timber post faced up: shop front with canted ends under jetty, half glazed door; further main post with projecting, integral nosing, with integral bracket for jetty at top, since cut back. On right small canted bay with flat top, further half-glazed door, and main post, as before but bracket complete. First floor jettied, framing exposed. Two unequal bays, same design, with central, 2 light window between studs, either side 2 diagonal timbers rise to main posts. Central, gabled dormer with 2-light casement. Internally, hollow-chamfered beams to ground floor, timber-framed cross wall, between bays, blocked doorway with flat, pointed head: similar blocked opening on first floor to No 35 (q.v.). Moulded handrail and turned balusters to stairs on first floor landing. Double V strut truss in gable towards No 29. Originally 1-room deep timber-framed house, much of framing surviving, extended 1 room over full width at rear.

Listing NGR: SO7218425902