Parkins Store Woburn Books
PARKINS STORE, 17, MARKET PLACE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1158003
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1961
- List Entry Name:
- Parkins Store Woburn Books
- Statutory Address:
- PARKINS STORE, 17, MARKET PLACE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1158003
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jan-1961
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 16-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Parkins Store Woburn Books
- Statutory Address 1:
- PARKINS STORE, 17, MARKET PLACE
- Statutory Address 2:
- WOBURN BOOKS, 18, MARKET PLACE
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:
- PARKINS STORE, 17, MARKET PLACE
- Statutory Address:
- WOBURN BOOKS, 18, MARKET PLACE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Woburn
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 94901 33170
Details
SP 9433-9533 WOBURN MARKET PLACE (West side) 8/133 23.1.61 Nos.17 (Parkins Store) and 18 (Woburn Books), (formerly listed as Nos. 10 and 11 High Street) GV II Pair of dwellings sharing a single frontage, ground floor converted to shops. Later C18, upper storey apparently a mid C19 addition. Lower floors of deep red brick with some vitrified bricks and lighter red brick dressings. Top storey of lighter mottled brick. Shallow pitched slate roof. 3 storeys, the 6 windows of first and 2nd floors in 3:3 arrangement. Ground floor has single shop-front to LH and double shop-front in roughly central position, both later C19. LH shop has 3-light window and glazed door, panelled pilasters, and moulded cornice supported by scroll bracket to LH. Double shop-front has glazed double doors flanked by canted bays, panelled pilasters and moulded cornice. Adjoining this shop-front at RH end is doorway which shares same cornice and has similar pilasters. Panelled door, upper part glazed with marginal lights, surmounted by rectangular fanlight. To R of this is bow window with glazing bars and moulded cornice. First floor windows are tall 2-light casements surmounted by ornamental top-lights with pointed-arched glazing bars, those to no. 18 being C20 replacements. These are under gauged brick flat arches. Between the 2 groups of 3 is narrower blind window with similar head. 2nd floor has sash windows with glazing bars under cambered heads.
Listing NGR: SP9490133170
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 38236
- 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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