Description

TG 2308 NW ELM HILL (north-west side) 16/313 26.2.54 Nos. 34 and 36 GV II* Former use not known, now shop and house. C16 with mid C18 remodelling. Ground floor of flint with stone and brick dressings; first floor rendered. Pantile roof with one ridge and 2 gable-end chimneys (part rendered and repaired). 2 storeys, attic and cellar; first floor jetty. 9 first-floor windows. Ground floor is in 2 parts flanking a carriage arch, with stone quoins and simple beaded wooden surround, leading to Roaches Court. Left Part (No.34): Central door has 6 raised and fielded panels beneath a fanlight with radial scalloped glazing bars. Panelled reveals and moulded architrave with pilasters and fluted capitals. The door is flanked by pairs of sash windows with glazing bars and wooden architraves, partly concealing the brick and part-stone dressings. Small windows to left and right have chamfered brick surrounds with moulded wooden frames and vertical iron glazing bars. Right Part (No. 36) : Door to left has 6 flush panels beneath a fanlight with radial scalloped glazing bars. Panelled reveals and rusticated pilasters. 2 windows to right are similar to the glazing bar sashes of No. 34. Traces of another blocked window with stone dressings. First floor of Nos. 34 and 36 has sash windows with glazing bars (one with horns). Fascia cornice; stone kneeler to right gable. 4 flat-roofed dormers with glazing bar sashes. One skylight. Mid C18. Interior of No. 34 includes fireplaces and arched recesses. Late C16 moulded ceiling beams on first floor. Undercroft: Brick. Pointed barrel vaulted chamber extending beneath the pavement from an C18 cellar, possibly remains of larger undercroft.

Listing NGR: TG2323108924

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