NHER 63502 (Building record) - 15 and 16 Tuesday Market Place

15 and 16 Tuesday Market Place. Previously recorded under NHER 12920.

December 1951. Listed Grade II*.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Range of houses. Early 16th century, of convoluted plan of ad hoc evolution in two distinct but irregular ranges. Unified c.1720 by addition of façade. Altered and added to repeatedly since, the interior dispositions further confused by splitting into present offices. Brick. Plain tiled roof to front, slate to rear and concrete corrugated tiles elsewhere. Fine façade of two storeys and dormer attic in nine bays. Plinth course. Blocked central door in shouldered doorcase with keyblocks. Consoles support open segmental pediment. Two bays right and left are inserted panelled doors with glazed overlights...Moulded brick string course below panelled parapet. Gabled roof with three dormers. Internal gable-end stacks, with two more on rear roof slope showing prominently in central position. Rear elevations consist of a two-storey hipped block running north and a two-storey gabled cross wing running east from this, flush at the north return and parallel with front range. Narrow courtyard so formed filled by later additions...INTERIOR. Stick baluster staircase to west end of front range with two balusters to each tread and a ramped and wreathed handrail, all renewed 20th century. East end with an open string staircase of c.1730 rising full height...Rear parallel wing with roll-moulded bridging beams to ground floor…Two hollow and roll-moulded bridging beams with jewel stops supported on similarly moulded arched braces dropping on wall posts to corbels. Timber-framed west wall with a reduced four-centred brick fireplace."
Information from (S2).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S2) for the current listing details.
E. Rose (NLA), 11 March 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 20 July 2023.

November 1977. Field Observation.
Nos 14-17 Tueday Market Place visited by E. Rose (NAU).
Nos. 15 to 16 was originally one house; old doorway early 18th century, pediment on brackets, blocked. Red brick, aproned windows, false windows in parapet. Listing (S2) says 15th-century carved beam on arch-braces at rear.
Compiled E. Rose (NAU) 2 November 1977. Information from record card (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2023.

Pre-January 1981. Field Observation.
Slide (S3) by E. James (KLM) showing arched brace on carved wallposts as above, with high-set window below.
Nos 15-16 were originally three houses (two on street, one at rear) and were made into one in 18th-century refacing, and split up again in 19th century. Carving of heart on façade has given rise to local legends.
Compiled by E. Rose (NLA) 29 January 1981.
Information from record card (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2023.

Post-January 1981. Research.
Mrs. James now has detailed records of No. 15 showing clearly a hall-house of about 1500.
Information from record card (S1).