14, Sadler Street

WELLS

ST5445 SADLER STREET 662-1/7/225 (East side) 13/09/72 No.14

GV II

House, now shop with flat over. Mid to late C18 facade to earlier property. Roughcast, double Roman clay tiled roof with plain gable to north and abutment to south. Parallel-range double-depth plan, the rear (E) side facing Cathedral Green. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 2 bays; late C19 shop front under shallow full-width fascia, with 3-light display window plus curved quadrants on either side of the central recessed doorway, all to narrow glazing bars; on right a 6-panel door for access to upper floors. Upper floors each have paired 12-pane sashes in smooth rendered architraves. On north flank is an additional retaining wall in random stone rubble, to eaves level, with flat coping, dating from the clearance of the adjoining site to form the Swan Garden c1869. Rear elevation rendered, with matching roof, and brick chimney stack, 2 storeys and attic, single bay. Ground floor has a 12-pane sash in plain surround with exposed sash boxes and a part-glazed door to the left. At first floor a 16-pane sash window, and high gabled face dormer above, with tiled cheeks. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: this property was first established c1370, when the E side of Sadler Street was developed; the building originally straddled a N/S wall to the Cathedral Precinct. (Town and Country Planning Working Papers: Scrase AJ: Wells: A Study of Town Origins: Bristol: 1982-: 59).

Listing NGR: ST5497145807