35 St Giles Street

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

TG 2208 NE ST. GILES STREET (north side) 15/755 26.2.54 No. 35 GV II* Former house, now shop and offices with C15 undercroft. Shop and offices:- late C16/early C17 street range remodelled and heightened in the C18. Later C18 parallel rear range and long block at right- angles. Red brick and black pantile roof 3 storeys plus cellar to rear range. 4 bays to street range. Fine C19 shopfront with off-centre door that reflects the C18 entry arrangement. Sash windows with glazing bars and rubbed brick flat arches at first floor and bottom- hung casements with glazing bars at 2nd floor. Block modillion cornice.

Interesting interior arrangement with open-well stair at rear, right- hand side having turned balusters and carved brackets. This leads to a first floor back room with very find C18 panelling over door and mantel carving and plaster ceiling. Undercroft:- Brick. 2 irregular bays at right-angles to the street line. Single-order diagonal ribs with additional radiating ribs to accommodate door and window openings.

Wall arches and lighting niches in the south bay. The building is graded II* for the undercroft with forms part of an important group within the City Walls and for the C18 carving and plasterwork.

Listing NGR: TG2274008589

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/0821 IOE Records taken by Mary Gogle; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Miss Mary Gogle. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project