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Monument details

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1377 to 1967

Monument Types

• TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (Medieval to Modern - 1377 AD to 2050 AD) + Sci.Date
• SITE (Medieval to Modern - 1500 AD to 1967 AD)

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 944 THE PARADE (South West Side)
No 9 TR 1457 NE 4/61 3.5.67.
II GV
2. C16 to C17 timber-framed building. 3 storeys and attic plastered. Gable front. 2 sashes with glazing bars intact. 2 triple sashes. Oversailing floors. Modern shopfronts. Group value with St Margaret's Street.
Nos 8 to 10 (consec) form a group. Also form a group with Nos 25, 25A & No 26 St Margaret's Street.
Listing NGR: TR1494457772
Nos 25, 25A and 26 St Margaret's Street [TR 14935776 sited from OS 1/1250 1974]. Grade II. 18th century front to timber-framed building. No 8 The Parade [TR 14945778 sited from OS 1/1250 1974]. Grade II. 16th and 17th century timber-framed building. No 9 The Parade [TR 14455777 sited from OS 1/1250 1974]. Grade II 16th to 17th century timber- framed building. (1) Nos 25 and 26 St Margaret's Street and 8 and 9 The Parade, a prominentmedieval double-jettied building was recorded. Evidence for original partitioning at bay intervals indicates a 'row' or 'lodgings' development. (2) Nos 25-26 St Margaret's Street. Three bayed medieval building. No 8 and No 9 The Parade. Medieval timber-framed buildings. (3-4)

Dendrochronology dating of the roofs of 8-9 The Parade and 25-26 St Margaret's Street gave a date of 1377/8. (5)

English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<5> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 38, Pg. 109 (Website). SKE17391.

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