154, High Street

TEWKESBURY

SO8932 HIGH STREET 859-1/6/276 (East side) 04/03/52 No.154 (Formerly Listed as: HIGH STREET (East side) Nos.154 AND 155)

GV II*

House in row, one of a pair, with shop. Late C15. Timber-framed, faced in brick to front, and brick or plaster panels to rear, tile roof, brick stack. PLAN: Small double-jettied property of one room depth, on a constricted site. Stair at back corner, fireplace to party wall with No.155 (qv). EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and basement, 2-windowed. 4-pane sashes in moulded boxes at first and second floors, above a C19 pilaster shop front with console brackets, fascia and moulded cornice. Central recessed door. The top floor has exposed corner posts, and jetty joists, and the gable to the left, with exposed framing, includes a very small light to the second floor. Moulded eaves, large central C17 brick stack. The back wall has exposed large studs and tension bracing, with an C18 2-light leaded casement at eaves level, and a 4-pane sash at first and ground floor. INTERIOR: exposed timber frame with tension bracing; inserted timber-framed cross wall to second floor; C18 winder stair and joinery with original brass fittings to panelled doors. One-bay roof with heavy windbraces to chamfered clasped purlins and close-studded left gable end. This was built as a pair with No.155 (qv), but has been more modified externally.

Listing NGR: SO8928632702