Listed Building: Nos. 4 and 5 Market Place (1/46)

House, now divided. Late C16th origins with mid/late C17th alterations and with front rebuilt early C18. C19th and C20th alterations and refurbishment. No. 5 ironstone ashlar with 1st floor band. No. 4 stucco with projecting ground floor on right, coved doorhood on left. Tiled roof with 2 gabled dormers. Brick central ridge stack with stone base to front. 2 storeys and attics, 2 flush sash windows with glazing bars to 1st floor. No. 5 has marginal glazing bars to 2 ground floor sash windows in architrave surrounds with keystones. Shop window to No. 4. Interior of No. 5 has C17th/C18th fluted dado panelling reset probably C19th/C20th to ground floor room. This room also has a C18th corner cupboard and chimney piece with C18th panelling to sides and over and C18th doors to sides. Earlier bressumer behind. Small mid/late C17th open well staircase with fine carved and moulded balusters. Roof in part original but with alterations, and altered C18th rear wing. Sources. R.K. Morriss and Asscs., Mercian Heritage Series No. 198, Sept. 2003.

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Dec 13 2021 3:32PM