George House, Stone House and the Market Cross - Henley-in-Arden
Image by ell brown
The historic buildings around this area of High Street were another reason that I wanted to come to Henley-in-Arden. Being that I keep seeing them (at least the Lloyds TSB bank) when passing through the area.
This is the remains of the Market Cross in front of the Lloyds Bank. Currently it is surrounded by building barriers, perhaps it is being restored, or maybe to protect it.
It is Grade II listed.
Remains of market cross. Medieval, probably C15. Limestone. 2
stone steps to base, and worn tapering shaft approx. 3m high
with wrought-iron support rods. Recorded as having head with 4
niches containing figures of Crucifixion, Holy Trinity, St
Peter and, possibly, Virgin and Child until 1894; remains of
head now kept in Guildhall. Scheduled as an Ancient Monument.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Warwickshire: Harmondsworth:
1966-: 310; Victoria County History: Styles P: Victoria
History of the County of Warwickshire: 1945-: 206-12).
Market Cross, Henley-in-Arden - Heritage Gateway
This Georgian building is Stone House at 123 High Street in Henley-in-Arden. It is near a tudor era building (to the left of it).
It is Grade II listed.
House, now offices. c1750 with some C19 and C20 restoration.
Dressed stone with ashlar front, and brick rear wing;
double-gabled tile roof with stacks. Georgian style.
Double-depth plan.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range. Plat band
over ground floor and first-floor sill band; top dentilled
cornice and pediment the width of the building. Round-headed
entrance has impost bands and fanlight with thick radial
glazing bars over 6-fielded-panel door; steps with
wrought-iron handrails; flanking canted bay windows have
cornices over 4/4:10/10:4/4 sash windows, that to left with
lower glazing bars removed, and flat roofs extended as hood
over entrance.
First floor windows have balustraded aprons; the central
window with architrave, frieze and consoled, dentilled,
cornice over 6/6 sash; the central second-floor window has
sill, and architrave to 3/3 sash.
Outer windows in tall round-headed recesses with, to first
floor, tripartite sashes with 2/2:6/6:2/2 glazing and, to
second floor, Diocletian windows with apron panels and central
3/3 sashes.
Rear wing has rubble plinth and 5 round-headed recesses with
stone imposts; first floor has segmental-headed recesses with
small later windows; to right a lean-to outshut with small
attached gabled wing.
INTERIOR: has dog-leg staircase with square newels, simply
turned balusters with middle cubes and moulded handrails.
(Victoria County History: Styles P: Victoria History of the
County of Warwickshire: 1945-: 206-12; Buildings of England:
Pevsner N: Warwickshire: London: 1966-: 310).
Stone House, 123 High Street, Henley-in-Arden - Heritage Gateway
Stone House is occupied by Leader: PR, Design and Marketing.
This is 119 High Street, a former inn, now a house (or offices). Dates from the 17th century. It is or was called George House. And the former pub was The Old George.
Now it is The Pantiles Bride.
It is Grade II listed.
Inn, now house. C17 with later alterations and additions
including early C20 refronting replacing early C18 front.
Brick with timber-framed front with partly painted brick
infill; gabled old tile roof. Double-fronted plan with
passageway to right end.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys plus attic; 3-window range. Wide eaves on
straight brackets. Main entrance has door with linenfold
panels in moulded frame; open porch with braced posts and
balcony with splat balusters.
Passageway entrance to right end has no door, the passageway
with half arch and 4-centred head to entrance in middle, and
entrance to No.121 (qv). Windows have leaded glazing, those to
first floor with rectangular panes, others with lozenges.
Main entrance flanked by 3-light wood mullioned-and-transomed
windows with fluted friezes. First floor has 2 large
rectangular oriels flanking balcony, with hipped tile roofs
over 1:3:1-light transomed windows; small window over
passageway. 2 gabled roof dormers have 3-light casements.
Close-studded framing with some bracing using ex-situ timber
from a C16 building.
INTERIOR: has dog-leg staircase with moulded closed string and
handrails, turned balusters and square newels with
round-headed panels, 2 of which are double-width, one with
initials: L H, one dated 1699; spiral-on-vase balusters to top
flight and landing balustrade, the latter on a, probably,
medieval deep cambered lintel with a shield in circle motif
flanked by tracery.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Warwickshire: London: 1966-:
310; Victoria County History: Styles P: Victoria History of
the County of Warwickshire: 1945-: 206-12).
George House, 119 High Street, Henley-in-Arden - Heritage Gateway
In the middle is the Grade II listed 121 High Street.
House, now shop. C18 with altered front. Colourwashed brick;
gabled roof with renewed tiles.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys plus attic; single-window range. Top
dentilled brick cornice. c1970 bowed shop window with panelled
pilasters, entablature and small-paned glazing; ends of beam
set in wall visible to each end of window. First floor has
window with sill, and brick flat arch over 8/8 sash. Attic has
C19 gabled dormer with 2-light small-paned casement with iron
opening casement. Entrance to left return in passageway of
George House (qv) has half-glazed door.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
121 High Street - Henley-in-Arden - Heritage Gateway
Stone House, Market Cross and Lloyds TSB, High Street, Henley-in-Arden
Image by ell brown
The historic buildings around this area of High Street were another reason that I wanted to come to Henley-in-Arden. Being that I keep seeing them (at least the Lloyds TSB bank) when passing through the area.
This is the Lloyds TSB bank on High Street in Henley-in-Arden. Directly behind the remains of the Market Cross.
It is Grade II listed.
House, from 1943 a bank. Late C16 or C17 origins with
extensive reconstruction in 1916 with contemporary shop front.
Brick and roughcast with timber-frame to first floor; gabled
roof with renewed tiles and brick ridge stack with 2 octagonal
shafts with raised lattice work. T-plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 3-window range plus cross-wing to left
end. Roughcast with central gable with decorative
timber-framing; wing has brick ground floor and timber-framed
first floor with jettied gable with decorative framing.
Ground floor has 4 windows with narrow sills and bowed 8/8
horned sashes, one to right end replaced by automatic teller
machine; bowed shop window to left has panelled pilaster to
right and frieze and cornice over small-paned glazing; first
floor has windows with 2-light leaded casements flanking
window with similar 1:2:1-light casement; gable with small
window with 2-light leaded casement with iron opening
casement.
Wing has 3 small windows to ground floor with tile flat arches
over bowed small-paned and leaded glazing; first floor with
canted oriel with leaded glazing. 2 enriched rainwater heads.
Left return facing Market Cross (qv) has timber-framed first
floor with large gable with decorative glazing; double-fronted
shop front with panelled pilasters and frieze with paterae
over pilasters and cornice over paired panelled doors and
small-paned bow windows. First floor has window with paired
2-light leaded casements. Lantern with enriched wrought-iron
bracket to right end.
Rear has similar details to cross wing, with plaque with
boar's head crest pierced by arrow and lettering: W/ J/ F/
1916. Some C17 or C18 brick with large external stack with C20
top and large gabled C19 wing to right with segmental-headed
openings.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Important position facing Market Place and closing view along
High Street from north.
(Cooper W: Henley-in-Arden: An Ancient Market Town:
Birmingham: 1946-: 100).
Lloyds Bank, Henley-in-Arden - Heritage Gateway
This is the remains of the Market Cross in front of the Lloyds Bank. Currently it is surrounded by building barriers, perhaps it is being restored, or maybe to protect it.
It is Grade II listed.
Remains of market cross. Medieval, probably C15. Limestone. 2
stone steps to base, and worn tapering shaft approx. 3m high
with wrought-iron support rods. Recorded as having head with 4
niches containing figures of Crucifixion, Holy Trinity, St
Peter and, possibly, Virgin and Child until 1894; remains of
head now kept in Guildhall. Scheduled as an Ancient Monument.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Warwickshire: Harmondsworth:
1966-: 310; Victoria County History: Styles P: Victoria
History of the County of Warwickshire: 1945-: 206-12).
Market Cross, Henley-in-Arden - Heritage Gateway
This Georgian building is Stone House at 123 High Street in Henley-in-Arden. It is near a tudor era building (to the left of it).
It is Grade II listed.
House, now offices. c1750 with some C19 and C20 restoration.
Dressed stone with ashlar front, and brick rear wing;
double-gabled tile roof with stacks. Georgian style.
Double-depth plan.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range. Plat band
over ground floor and first-floor sill band; top dentilled
cornice and pediment the width of the building. Round-headed
entrance has impost bands and fanlight with thick radial
glazing bars over 6-fielded-panel door; steps with
wrought-iron handrails; flanking canted bay windows have
cornices over 4/4:10/10:4/4 sash windows, that to left with
lower glazing bars removed, and flat roofs extended as hood
over entrance.
First floor windows have balustraded aprons; the central
window with architrave, frieze and consoled, dentilled,
cornice over 6/6 sash; the central second-floor window has
sill, and architrave to 3/3 sash.
Outer windows in tall round-headed recesses with, to first
floor, tripartite sashes with 2/2:6/6:2/2 glazing and, to
second floor, Diocletian windows with apron panels and central
3/3 sashes.
Rear wing has rubble plinth and 5 round-headed recesses with
stone imposts; first floor has segmental-headed recesses with
small later windows; to right a lean-to outshut with small
attached gabled wing.
INTERIOR: has dog-leg staircase with square newels, simply
turned balusters with middle cubes and moulded handrails.
(Victoria County History: Styles P: Victoria History of the
County of Warwickshire: 1945-: 206-12; Buildings of England:
Pevsner N: Warwickshire: London: 1966-: 310).
Stone House, 123 High Street, Henley-in-Arden - Heritage Gateway
Stone House is occupied by Leader: PR, Design and Marketing.
Stone House, Market Cross and Lloyds TSB, High Street, Henley-in-Arden
Image by ell brown
The historic buildings around this area of High Street were another reason that I wanted to come to Henley-in-Arden. Being that I keep seeing them (at least the Lloyds TSB bank) when passing through the area.
This is the Lloyds TSB bank on High Street in Henley-in-Arden. Directly behind the remains of the Market Cross.
It is Grade II listed.
House, from 1943 a bank. Late C16 or C17 origins with
extensive reconstruction in 1916 with contemporary shop front.
Brick and roughcast with timber-frame to first floor; gabled
roof with renewed tiles and brick ridge stack with 2 octagonal
shafts with raised lattice work. T-plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 3-window range plus cross-wing to left
end. Roughcast with central gable with decorative
timber-framing; wing has brick ground floor and timber-framed
first floor with jettied gable with decorative framing.
Ground floor has 4 windows with narrow sills and bowed 8/8
horned sashes, one to right end replaced by automatic teller
machine; bowed shop window to left has panelled pilaster to
right and frieze and cornice over small-paned glazing; first
floor has windows with 2-light leaded casements flanking
window with similar 1:2:1-light casement; gable with small
window with 2-light leaded casement with iron opening
casement.
Wing has 3 small windows to ground floor with tile flat arches
over bowed small-paned and leaded glazing; first floor with
canted oriel with leaded glazing. 2 enriched rainwater heads.
Left return facing Market Cross (qv) has timber-framed first
floor with large gable with decorative glazing; double-fronted
shop front with panelled pilasters and frieze with paterae
over pilasters and cornice over paired panelled doors and
small-paned bow windows. First floor has window with paired
2-light leaded casements. Lantern with enriched wrought-iron
bracket to right end.
Rear has similar details to cross wing, with plaque with
boar's head crest pierced by arrow and lettering: W/ J/ F/
1916. Some C17 or C18 brick with large external stack with C20
top and large gabled C19 wing to right with segmental-headed
openings.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Important position facing Market Place and closing view along
High Street from north.
(Cooper W: Henley-in-Arden: An Ancient Market Town:
Birmingham: 1946-: 100).
Lloyds Bank, Henley-in-Arden - Heritage Gateway
This is the remains of the Market Cross in front of the Lloyds Bank. Currently it is surrounded by building barriers, perhaps it is being restored, or maybe to protect it.
It is Grade II listed.
Remains of market cross. Medieval, probably C15. Limestone. 2
stone steps to base, and worn tapering shaft approx. 3m high
with wrought-iron support rods. Recorded as having head with 4
niches containing figures of Crucifixion, Holy Trinity, St
Peter and, possibly, Virgin and Child until 1894; remains of
head now kept in Guildhall. Scheduled as an Ancient Monument.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Warwickshire: Harmondsworth:
1966-: 310; Victoria County History: Styles P: Victoria
History of the County of Warwickshire: 1945-: 206-12).
Market Cross, Henley-in-Arden - Heritage Gateway
This Georgian building is Stone House at 123 High Street in Henley-in-Arden. It is near a tudor era building (to the left of it).
It is Grade II listed.
House, now offices. c1750 with some C19 and C20 restoration.
Dressed stone with ashlar front, and brick rear wing;
double-gabled tile roof with stacks. Georgian style.
Double-depth plan.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range. Plat band
over ground floor and first-floor sill band; top dentilled
cornice and pediment the width of the building. Round-headed
entrance has impost bands and fanlight with thick radial
glazing bars over 6-fielded-panel door; steps with
wrought-iron handrails; flanking canted bay windows have
cornices over 4/4:10/10:4/4 sash windows, that to left with
lower glazing bars removed, and flat roofs extended as hood
over entrance.
First floor windows have balustraded aprons; the central
window with architrave, frieze and consoled, dentilled,
cornice over 6/6 sash; the central second-floor window has
sill, and architrave to 3/3 sash.
Outer windows in tall round-headed recesses with, to first
floor, tripartite sashes with 2/2:6/6:2/2 glazing and, to
second floor, Diocletian windows with apron panels and central
3/3 sashes.
Rear wing has rubble plinth and 5 round-headed recesses with
stone imposts; first floor has segmental-headed recesses with
small later windows; to right a lean-to outshut with small
attached gabled wing.
INTERIOR: has dog-leg staircase with square newels, simply
turned balusters with middle cubes and moulded handrails.
(Victoria County History: Styles P: Victoria History of the
County of Warwickshire: 1945-: 206-12; Buildings of England:
Pevsner N: Warwickshire: London: 1966-: 310).
Stone House, 123 High Street, Henley-in-Arden - Heritage Gateway
Stone House is occupied by Leader: PR, Design and Marketing.
Entrance Roof
Image by Velo Steve
The area over the front door has been giving us fits. The architect wanted to design it last after seeing the rest of the structure. Unfortunately, what he came up with looked good, but would have been a problem for rain and debris accumulation.
This is the next version, but you can see that the angle of the peak is much sharper than the rest of the house. Why not just match it? The builder feels that such a narrow roof with a low pitch doesn't look good, and it would also come out less symmetrical because of where it hits the roof.
Interestingly, the roof you see where looks pretty good from down at the bottom - it just looks odd from up at street level.
The current plan is to add a prow to the front so that it comes forward at the top like the bedroom and dining room roofs. This has the interesting geometrical effect of looking flatter when seen from above and more peaked when seen from below.
Stone House, 123 High Street, Henley-in-Arden
Image by ell brown
The historic buildings around this area of High Street were another reason that I wanted to come to Henley-in-Arden. Being that I keep seeing them (at least the Lloyds TSB bank) when passing through the area.
This Georgian building is Stone House at 123 High Street in Henley-in-Arden. It is near a tudor era building (to the left of it).
It is Grade II listed.
House, now offices. c1750 with some C19 and C20 restoration.
Dressed stone with ashlar front, and brick rear wing;
double-gabled tile roof with stacks. Georgian style.
Double-depth plan.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range. Plat band
over ground floor and first-floor sill band; top dentilled
cornice and pediment the width of the building. Round-headed
entrance has impost bands and fanlight with thick radial
glazing bars over 6-fielded-panel door; steps with
wrought-iron handrails; flanking canted bay windows have
cornices over 4/4:10/10:4/4 sash windows, that to left with
lower glazing bars removed, and flat roofs extended as hood
over entrance.
First floor windows have balustraded aprons; the central
window with architrave, frieze and consoled, dentilled,
cornice over 6/6 sash; the central second-floor window has
sill, and architrave to 3/3 sash.
Outer windows in tall round-headed recesses with, to first
floor, tripartite sashes with 2/2:6/6:2/2 glazing and, to
second floor, Diocletian windows with apron panels and central
3/3 sashes.
Rear wing has rubble plinth and 5 round-headed recesses with
stone imposts; first floor has segmental-headed recesses with
small later windows; to right a lean-to outshut with small
attached gabled wing.
INTERIOR: has dog-leg staircase with square newels, simply
turned balusters with middle cubes and moulded handrails.
(Victoria County History: Styles P: Victoria History of the
County of Warwickshire: 1945-: 206-12; Buildings of England:
Pevsner N: Warwickshire: London: 1966-: 310).
Stone House, 123 High Street, Henley-in-Arden - Heritage Gateway
Stone House is occupied by Leader: PR, Design and Marketing.
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