Description

SP9668NW
18/64
23/09/50

HIGHAM FERRERS
MARKET SQUARE
(West side)
Nos.7 and 8 and attached shop

(Formerly listed as No.7, No.8)

GV II

Town house, now 3 flats, house and shop. Mid C18. Squared coursed limestone with
ashlar dressings, Collyweston slate and concrete tile roofs. Double-depth plan.
2 storeys with attic. 8-window range; centre 2 bays have pediment over. Unhorned
sash windows with glazing bars to first floor and ground floor centre 2 bays.
Those at first floor are under a continuous raised band and those at ground
floor have gauged stone heads with keyblocks. 2 bays to ground floor left have
tripartite sash windows with glazing bars, under rendered heads. Panelled door
between left hand bays has moulded plaster surround. Early C20 shop front to 3
bays to far right. Rusticated quoins to corners and flanking centre 2 bays.
Moulded cornice with parapet above, having upturned ends. Flat-topped roof
dormers with horizontal sliding sash windows. Ashlar gable parapets and stone
stacks at ridge and end. Armorial plaque in pediment. Rear elevation has 3
irregular gables. Interior of No.7 has staircase with stick balustrade.

Listing NGR: SP9602668526

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26292163

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Recommended Books

• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments