R and M White and Welcome House
R AND M WHITE AND WELCOME HOUSE, 6 AND 7, THE SQUARE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1130734
- Date first listed:
- 07-Jul-1989
- List Entry Name:
- R and M White and Welcome House
- Statutory Address:
- R AND M WHITE AND WELCOME HOUSE, 6 AND 7, THE SQUARE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1130734
- Date first listed:
- 07-Jul-1989
- List Entry Name:
- R and M White and Welcome House
- Statutory Address 1:
- R AND M WHITE AND WELCOME HOUSE, 6 AND 7, THE SQUARE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- R AND M WHITE AND WELCOME HOUSE, 6 AND 7, THE SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Mere
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 81282 32379
Details
ST 8032-8132 MERE THE SQUARE (north side)
6/80 Nos 6 and 7 (R and M White) and Welcome House
GV II
Houses and commercial premises on street frontage. Late C19. Good coursed and squared limestone to alternating rusticated quoins, plinth, and cill bands, Welsh slate roof. A late Victorian structure on a larger scale than earlier buildings in the town centre, with long projecting back wings. Street front is 3 storeys, 3+2 windows. Ground floor has a 2-light plate glass display window with slender central shaft and a moulded head now modified, double-panelled door to overlight with ringed shafts to high plinths carrying deep consoles to a flat-stone hood with moulded edge. Overlight has basket-handle arch. To right, near centre of building, a 2-storey canted bay with plate glass windows; then a plate glass sash in moulded surround and basket-handle head. Far right a door with 3 over 3 panels under overlight, and in richly modulated surround with hood, all as other doors. First floor has 4-pane sashes, and central canted bay; second floor has five small 4-pane sashes; all these in moulded surrounds, basket-handle heads; and to wide stone cills on brackets. Deep brick stack, left; cropped rendered stack to left of Halfway House. Eaves cornice, plain second floor string, moulded first floor string, small plinth. Back has various glazing bar sashes, and a round-arched doorway, and is probably older than the street front; wing to right is six bays. Main roofs have coped gables. A vigorous scheme, over-scaled for its prominent location.
Listing NGR: ST8128232379
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 320209
- 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.
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