Number 2 And Front Boundary Railings

WELLS

ST5445 CATHEDRAL GREEN 662-1/7/23 (South side) 13/09/72 No.2 and front boundary railings

GV II

House, in row, possibly once 2 houses. Late C17 and later. Rendered and colourwashed with stone dressings, Welsh slate roof, brick chimney stacks. EXTERIOR: 2 storey elevation continuous with that of No.3 (qv) to left, but with internal alterations resulting in external appearance of 2 storeys and attic on left and 3 storeys on right. Ground floor has plain sash to left and 12-pane sash (4 panes wide) to right, and between them a part-glazed C19 door with plain rendered surround and flat cornice. First floor has an adapted ovolo-mould stone mullioned window with hoodmould, formerly 3-light, now two-light and deepened, with horizontal bar casements inserted, and to right a 20-pane sash. Second floor has, on left a gable with 2-light wood casement in an ovolo-mould surround with label, and on right a small 2-light casement flanked by two 4-pane sash windows. There is a raised coped verge to the centre of the roof, left of the doorway, and to the right-hand end, and brick stacks at each party wall. INTERIOR: not inspected, probably of interest. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: extending from front of house and enclosing the front garden are railings on a low plinth, the rails having necked tops and the standards cast-iron urn heads, with gate opposite the door, adding to the setting of the house and the streetscape generally. The property backs onto Nos 17 and 19 Market Place (qv).

Listing NGR: ST5502645817