Messrs Parker'S Shop, With House

ST6432 6/88

CASTLE CARY CP MARKET PLACE (West side)

Messrs. Parker's shop, with house

GV II

Shops and houses. C18, but refronted C19. Local stone rubble, rendered and colourwashed on facade, painted stone dressings; Welsh slate roof to shallow pitch, hipped at east end; brick chimney stacks. Built on a curve; 3 storeys, 6 bays. To upper bays and lower bay 2 are 4-pane sash windows in beaded surrounds, that to bay 4 first floor larger than the rest; to lower bay 1 a plain C20 shopfront with door to left, to lower bay 3 a 6-panel door with glazed toplights in beaded semi-circular arched surround, with radial glazed fanlight; early C20 shopfronts, adapted, to bay 4 and to bays 5 and 6, both with central recessed doorways. Return elevation to Knights Way not rendered, but with matching openings and doorway, the sash windows have 12-panes and are probably late C18; open timber lean-to covered way and porch on circular cast-iron columns, protected by railings. Interior not seen. Buildings included primarily for group and streetscape value in the heart of the town.

Listing NGR: ST6410432401