Description

1.
1578 CHURCH SQUARE
(West Side)

Nos 54 to 60 (even)
TQ 9220 1/20 12.10.51.

II GV

2.
One range with a C18 front to a timber-framed C15 house originally called
Grene Hall, later the Custom House, consisting of a middle hall with solar
and buttery wings. Nos 54 and 56 were the buttery wing. 2 storeys and
attic. 7 windows in all. 2 dormers containing casement windows. Fronted
with red mathematical tiles which have been renewed in places and in some
parts replaced by ordinary red tiles. Tiled roof. Windows in reveals.
Flat hoods to doorways, that at No 60 being a large heavy hood resting
on carved consoles or brackets. 6-panel moulded doors. The north wall
of No 60 has a projecting C16 chimney stack with a stepped gable and a
pointed doorway in the stack with drip stone over it and steps down through
it to the cellar, which is mediaeval. The VCH says that the hall, now
in Nos 58 and 60 (old Nos 8 and 7) has a C15 roof and a C16 fireplace,
panelling and staircase. Queen Elizabeth was receivedhere in 1573.

Nos 48 to 64 (even) form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ9209520267

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26553600

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)