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Circa 17th century - 40 & 42 High Street Newport Pagnell - 04Apr21 grade II listed.

Circa 17th century - 40 & 42 High Street Newport Pagnell - 04Apr21 grade II listed.

 

The following is from Historic England.

Name: 40 and 42, High Street

Designation Type: Listing

Grade: II

List UID: 1200394

 

Shops with accommodation above. C17, possibly with some earlier work; remodelled and partly rebuilt in the early C19 and altered in the C20. Timber-framed partly rebuilt in Flemish-bond red brick and partly rendered. Slate roofs with gabled ends and deep eaves, No.42 on left with bracketed soffit. Brick axial and gable-end stacks.

 

PLAN: No.40 on right is a deep narrow C17 range with what might be earlier framing in the rear wing. No.42 on left is on wider plot and largely rebuilt in circa 1835.

 

EXTERIOR: three storeys, 3:1 window ranges. No.40 on right rendered, first floor large canted bay window with sixteen-pane sash and four-pane side-lights and sixteen-pane second floor sash. No.42 on left has three windows on first and second floors with flat brick arches and later four-pane sashes. Circa late C19 shop fronts with C20 fascia applied over the top. At rear No.42 on right has tall narrow early C19 extension and on left; No.40 has timber-framed rear wing with brick infill, partly rebuilt in brick and with some stone rubble at base; C19 casement and sash windows and C17 hipped dormer with two-light casement with leaded panes.

 

INTERIOR: No.40 first front room has plaster ceiling cornice with cyma reversa and recta mouldings and two-panel door. Chamber above has timber framing exposed in partition, two-panel door and cast-iron grate. Rear wing has chamfered axial beams and two half-glazed doors; first floor has chamfered axial beams with hollow step stops and two-panel door; purlins exposed in attic chambers and truss in lower rear range of wing,its tie-beam apparently sooted on the north side. No.42 has cast-iron columns supporting shop, C19 staircase with elliptical arches on landings, two-panel doors and panelled and glazed door with crown glass.

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