Description

HEREFORD

SO5140SW HIGH TOWN
683-1/8/182 (South side)
22/10/73 No.18
Alban House
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH TOWN
(South side)
Nos.17 AND 18
Alban House)

GV II

Shops. Mid C19, with C16 or earlier rear wing and C20
alterations. Stucco; slate roof.
3 storeys; 3-window range: late C19 plain sashes, with
architraves, and moulded pediments on scrolled consoles; 3/6
sashes over, with shouldered architraves and moulded hoods
with pads; 4 Corinthian pilasters to frieze and dentilled
cornice; balustrade with moulded stone coping. C20 shop
fronts. The C19 roof of this building incorporates reused
timbers of a C14/15 building including massive wall plate with
mouldings and castellations, and 6 former moulded window
mullions (possible C15) now serve as ceiling joists. To rear a
timber-framed wing of C16 or earlier origin.
INTERIOR (of wing): ground retains original richly moulded
bridging beams and ceiling frame. 1st floor retains full
studded ceiling frame and original plaster, fragmentary
paintings to side frame timbers and infill panels. Original
roof with wind braces.
(RCHME).

Listing NGR: SO5106940007

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491346

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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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)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)