Cheltenham and Gloucester Building Society and Fine Fare England, UK
Description
Former town houses, now an office and shop. Circa 1730 of one build, the left 2 bays (Fine Fare) recently refaced with obstructive yellow stone disturbing the coherence of the facade. Coursed and squared rubble stone with stone dressings and a gabled slate roof with stone copings and a S stone stack with brick cap.
Listed Building Description
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CHIPPING NORTON HIGH STREET SP 3027-3127 3/19 Nos 11 and 12 (Cheltenham and Glos Building Soc and 23.4.52 Fine fare) GV II Former town houses, now an office and shop. Circa 1730 of one build, the left 2 bays (Fine Fare) recently refaced with obstructive yellow stone disturbing the coherence of the facade. Coursed and squared rubble stone with stone dressings and a gabled slate roof with stone copings and a S stone stack with brick cap. Three storeys and attic, 5 bays with the central bay having slight-projection. Rusticated quoins to ends and central bay, moulded and eared architraves and large keystones to windows on first floor. Plain moulded architraves to 2nd floor windows but with brackets below sills and aprons above. Moulded stone cornice with plain course above. Band below first floor windows has been breached by the lengthening of the 2 windows to the right-hand section and the aprons above the 2nd floor windows to the left-hand section have been omitted in the recent refacing. One segmental headed dormer with 2-light casement, 12-pane sashes to upper 2 floors. Central door has moulded doorcase with cinquepartite keystone breaking into a pulvinated frieze, a pediment above and 2 bolection moulded panels at fanlight level. C20 shop front windows to either side of door. Nos 11 and 12 as originally planned reflect the Gibbsian Baroque of nearby Ditchley Park erected in the 1720s.
Listing NGR: SP3138427095