Premises Occupied By Wards Shoe Shop at SK 2179 6840 and Four Other Companies the Gingerbread Shop With Flat and Storerooms Over at SK 2178 6841 the Suit Shop (Number 22) At SK 2179 6841 Westcourt Insurance Services (Westcourt House) At SK 2178 6841 Woodcock Travel at SK 2179 6840
PREMISES OCCUPIED BY WARDS SHOE SHOP AT SK 2179 6840 AND FOUR OTHER COMPANIES, MATLOCK STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1247266
- Date first listed:
- 20-May-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Premises Occupied By Wards Shoe Shop at SK 2179 6840 and Four Other Companies the Gingerbread Shop With Flat and Storerooms Over at SK 2178 6841 the Suit Shop (Number 22) At SK 2179 6841 Westcourt Insurance Services (Westcourt House) At SK 2178 6841 Woodcock Travel at SK 2179 6840
- Statutory Address:
- PREMISES OCCUPIED BY WARDS SHOE SHOP AT SK 2179 6840 AND FOUR OTHER COMPANIES, MATLOCK STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1247266
- Date first listed:
- 20-May-1974
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 05-Dec-1997
- List Entry Name:
- Premises Occupied By Wards Shoe Shop at SK 2179 6840 and Four Other Companies the Gingerbread Shop With Flat and Storerooms Over at SK 2178 6841 the Suit Shop (Number 22) At SK 2179 6841 Westcourt Insurance Services (Westcourt House) At SK 2178 6841 Woodcock Travel at SK 2179 6840
- Statutory Address 1:
- PREMISES OCCUPIED BY WARDS SHOE SHOP AT SK 2179 6840 AND FOUR OTHER COMPANIES, MATLOCK STREET
- Statutory Address 2:
- THE GINGERBREAD SHOP WITH FLAT AND STOREROOMS OVER AT SK 2178 6841, MATLOCK STREET
- Statutory Address 3:
- THE SUIT SHOP (NUMBER 22) AT SK 2179 6841, MATLOCK STREET
- Statutory Address 4:
- WESTCOURT INSURANCE SERVICES (WESTCOURT HOUSE) AT SK 2178 6841, MATLOCK STREET
- Statutory Address 5:
- WOODCOCK TRAVEL AT SK 2179 6840, MATLOCK STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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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:
- PREMISES OCCUPIED BY WARDS SHOE SHOP AT SK 2179 6840 AND FOUR OTHER COMPANIES, MATLOCK STREET
- Statutory Address:
- THE GINGERBREAD SHOP WITH FLAT AND STOREROOMS OVER AT SK 2178 6841, MATLOCK STREET
- Statutory Address:
- THE SUIT SHOP (NUMBER 22) AT SK 2179 6841, MATLOCK STREET
- Statutory Address:
- WESTCOURT INSURANCE SERVICES (WESTCOURT HOUSE) AT SK 2178 6841, MATLOCK STREET
- Statutory Address:
- WOODCOCK TRAVEL AT SK 2179 6840, MATLOCK STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Derbyshire
- District:
- Derbyshire Dales (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bakewell
- National Park:
- Peak District
- National Grid Reference:
- SK2178968403
Details
BAKEWELL
SK2168 MATLOCK STREET
831-1/4/129 (West side)
20/05/74 Premises occupied by Wards Shoe Shop
at SK 2179 6840 and four other
companies
(Formerly Listed as:
MATLOCK STREET
(West side)
Premises occupied by G.E. Bloomer
and four other companies)
GV II
Includes: Woodcock Travel at SK 2179 6840.
Includes: The Suit Shop (No.22) at SK 2179 6841.
Includes: Westcourt Insurance Services (Westcourt House) at SK
2178 6841.
Includes: The Gingerbread Shop with Flat and Storerooms over
at SK 2178 6841.
Row of shops. Mid C19 with various later shop fronts. Ashlar
sandstone with limestone rubble to rear; Welsh slate roof.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 8-window range with 2-storey, single-bay
addition on left. First-floor sill band; projecting stone
sills to second-floor windows; plain lintels. 6/6 sashes to
bays 1-4; 8/8 sashes to bays 5-8. Bay 4 has carriage entrance
with cambered lintel; doors off the passageway with channelled
architraves and corner blocks. Added bay to far left has
carriage entrance with wooden beam; 6/6 sash to first floor.
Shop fronts: Wards has central door between plate-glass
windows; fluted pilasters. Woodcock Travel: fluted pilasters,
colonnettes, recessed door on right beneath angled fascia with
consoles. The Suit Shop and Westcourt Insurance Services have
paired frontages (altered windows to The Suit Shop):
pilasters, angled fascias with shaped consoles having gablets.
Transomed plate-glass windows to Westcourt Insurance Services
with spandrel brackets and recessed doorway on right.
The row has eaves band and 5 broad ridge stacks: 2 in red
brick the rest rebuilt in blue brick.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Listing NGR: SK2178968403
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 468167
- 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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