52, High Street

WELLS

ST5445 HIGH STREET 662-1/7/122 (North side) 13/09/72 No.52

GV II

House with shop, now offices with shop under. c1800. Brick with stone dressings, all colourwashed, roof not visible. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 2 bays. Mid C20 shop front to ground floor, with deep angled fascia, two doors in deep splayed recesses on left, first floor has 2-light casement windows with full-width toplight, second floor has 12-pane sash windows, all set under 5-voussoir flat arches. Coping to wall appears to be a former cornice to a higher parapet. Bracket for hanging sign between second-floor windows. Rear elevation has one 12-pane sash. The throughway is stone paved, with a stone gutter. INTERIOR: modified at ground-floor level, with stairs relocated, a cast-iron column to a cross-beam retained. In front first-floor room a ceiling cornice and a C19 fireplace, stairs to second-floor retains some C19 balustrading, and some second floor doors of c1800 pattern.

Listing NGR: ST5483145666