| Address |
18 Market Place |
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Building details
(TVBC list)
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Grade 2 listed C18 building with front elevation of identical design to No. 17. Brick faced with heading bond. Hipped dormer with two light casement windows. Sash windows with moulded architrave frames; no glazing bars; rubbed brick voussoirs. Late C20 shopfront projects forward on ground floor; panelled pilasters flanking shop windows and central doorway. Late C20 bow-fronted shop windows with glazing bars; panelled wood stallriser. Late C20 double door with panels and rectangular fanlight. Fascia and moulded and carved cornice above windows and door. |
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| Comments on building |
Restrained, attractive and well maintained |
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| Shopfront |
Nicholas Zorab – Estate Agent |
Rating |
| Cornice |
Projecting and lead-capped moulded and carved cornice |
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| Fascia |
Shallow fascia painted black with white lettering. Neat and restrained |
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| Proportions & window mullions |
A well proportioned shopfront with narrow glazing bars to a pair of late C20 bow fronted 15 paned windows |
Good |
| Stallriser |
Attractive panelled wood stallriser painted brown mounted on black plinth |
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| Pilaster |
Four panelled pilasters flanking windows and surmounting a black plinth matching that of the stallriser |
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| Doors |
A pair of panelled hardwood outer doors which form reveals to inner door when closed. Hardwood inner door with glass panels and rectangular fanlight |
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| Signs |
Upper windows have restrained lettering and logos indicating the occupant. Plain hanging sign on simple bracket |
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| Cabling & other
additions |
Window box below upper central window. Six junction
boxes and a maze of cables occupying about a square metre
of first floor wall |
Poor |
| Other comments |
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| Summary |
A very attractive and well-proportioned late C20 shopfront kept in good condition and spoiled only by a maze of wiring on the first floor wall |
Good |
