UPPINGHAM BOOKSHOP AND THE SPORTS SHOP
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1073182
- Date first listed:
- 10-Nov-1955
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 15-Oct-1984
- Statutory Address:
- UPPINGHAM BOOKSHOP AND THE SPORTS SHOP, 9, HIGH STREET EAST
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- UPPINGHAM BOOKSHOP AND THE SPORTS SHOP, 9, HIGH STREET EAST
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Rutland (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Uppingham
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 86674 99691
Details
SP 8699-8799 UPPINGHAM HIGH STREET EAST
4/18 (north side)
10.11.55 No 9 (Uppingham
Bookshop) and the
sports shop (previously
listed as premises
adjoining Falcon Hotel
to east)
GV
II*
House, now 2 shops. C16/C17. Ashlar with Collyweston stone slate roof with coped
gables on decorative kneelers, stone end stacks. L-plan. Block to rear probably the
earlier. Two storeys and attic. Moulded plinth. Block to street: ground floor has
C20 carriageway to left and shop front by Albert Richardson to right. First floor has
4-light ovolo-moulded stone mullioned window to left and 2 6/6 sash windows in
architraves formed of reused ovolo mullions, the right-hand south window replacing
part of mullioned window of which 3 lights survive to right. Two 2-light gabled
dormers. Block to rear has central gable and 2 and 3-light mullioned windows, some
with cornice over, above C20 shop front. Stair turret in angle with coped gable and
mullioned windows, some blocked. From first floor level the original newel stair of
solid oak treads survives (lower part of stair has been removed but the treads appear
to have been reused to form cellar stair at rear). Larger first floor room of front
block has fine jowled stone fireplace with Tudor arch in square surround. Smaller
first floor room to west has early stained glass window of small panes set in
geometrically patterned leading. Sometime public house (The King's Head, later The
White Hynde).
Listing NGR: SP8667499691
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 186755
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
