2 Shops Adjoining Rear Of Numbers 1 And 3 Church Street, And Opposite Apsed End Of Market Hall

This listing describes two small shops located at the rear of numbers 1 and 3 Church Street, opposite the south end of the Market Hall in Newent. The buildings date from the 17th century and the early to mid-19th century. They feature a stone plinth and a front made of Flemish bond brickwork, with a rendered rear and a tiled roof.

The Church Street side has three windows and is four rooms deep, with a three-storey front and a two-storey rear. On the left side facing Church Street, there is a four-pane wide sash window with a rubbed brick arch, and below it is a square grating leading to the cellar. On the right side, there is a half-glazed 20th-century door accessed by two stone steps, framed by a moulded surround and topped with a flat, projecting hood. A triple sash window wraps around the corner with a flat head. The first-floor windows mirror those below, but the corner window has upper sashes that are one pane high, with a dummy window above the door. The second floor features a sash window on the left and a single sash on the corner, both with one pane high sashes. A ridge chimney is located on the left gable, with a hip at the corner.

On the Market Square side, the ground floor right has a sash window with a cambered brick arch and two-pane sashes. Above this, there is a narrow casement, and on the second floor, there are two two-light casements. The ridge on this side is lower than that facing Church Street. To the right, there is an L-shaped rendered section with a three-light mullion window in the projecting section, a splayed corner, and a lean-to tiled roof. A late 20th-century flush door is set back, accessed by one step, and is sheltered by a tiled lean-to roof across the corner. To the right, there is a 20th-century three-light mullioned window. Above, there is a three-light mullion on the left, and below a half gable against the brick front, there is a two-light mullioned window set back on the right, with the roof parallel to the street.

At the back, in an access yard at first-floor level, there is a canted oriel window with ovolo-moulded detailing. Inside, the first-floor ceiling features beams with large hollow chamfers and a dragon beam, along with a timber-framed cross wall. The building is three storeys high, timber-framed, and jettied on both upper floors, with a new brick front added in the early 19th century; the rear is likely timber-framed and rendered.