19 and 20, High Street Stratford-upon-Avon, England

Listed Building Data

19 and 20, High Street has been designated a Grade II* listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1187812
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II*
Date Listed
9 February 1972
Name
19 AND 20, HIGH STREET
Location
19 AND 20, HIGH STREET
Parish
Stratford-upon-Avon
District
Stratford-on-Avon
County
Warwickshire
Grid Reference
SP 20146 54883
Easting
420146.0000
Northing
254883.0000

Listed Building Description

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STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

SP2054NW HIGH STREET 604-1/10/119 (East side) 09/02/72 Nos.19 AND 20

GV II*

Town house, now restaurant and shop. c1610, before 1615; 1920s restoration. Timber-frame with plaster infill; tile roof with rear brick stack. Originally formed one house with No.21 (qv) and had 2 gables. 3 storeys with attic; symmetrical 2-window range. 2nd floor jettied on consoles and exposed soffit timbers. Early C20 shop fronts with enriched consoles to fascias, and canopies. 1st floor has C20 wooden-mullioned and transomed oriels with flanking original small 2-light windows. 2nd floor has 4-light projecting windows; 4-light hipped dormer window; all windows have leaded glazing. Close-studded framing with mid rails. 1920s timber bracketed sign board. Rear has gabled wing with rainwater head and cross-axial stack with separate diagonal shafts; single-storey and attic wing. INTERIOR: broadly chamfered beams and exposed timber-framing, close studded to left return; open-well stair with cut string and enriched tread ends, and column-on-vase balusters; dado panelling; rear room has corner cupboard with fluted pilasters, 6-fielded-panel door, simplified shell vault and shaped shelves. 1st floor has some C17 panelling and stone chimney breast with bressumer. (Bearman R: Stratford-upon-Avon: A History of its Streets and Buildings: Nelson: 1988-: 40; History of the Streets of Stratford-upon-Avon: Bearman R et al: High Street: 1971-1974).

Listing NGR: SP2014654883