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| HER Number | MWB21265 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Site of building at 36 and 37 Cheap Street, Newbury |
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Summary
Former location of Grade III listed house, 18th century date, demolished in 1970s
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Conservation Area: Newbury Town Centre
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Old Listed Building Ref (pre 1984) (III): 1/131 No. 36 and 37
Rec for Delisting
House and shop. One building. Three-storeyed red brick (C18) with two C19. segmental bay windows in 1st and 2nd floors with 2 blind sash windows in between. Shop fronts to ground floor. Moulded wood cornice. Welsh slate roof.
Monument Type(s):
- SHOP (19th century to Late 20th century - 1801 AD? to 1973 AD)
- TOWN HOUSE (19th century to Late 20th century - 1801 AD? to 1973 AD)
Full Description
A house and shops numbered as 36 and 37 Cheap Street was listed at Grade III in the Newbury Borough list <1> and described as being of three storeys, with an 18th century brick front and Welsh slate roof.
The building is shown but not named on the late 19th century Town Plan <2>, and is marked on the 5th Epoch Ordnance Survey of 1967 <3>.
Land between Bartholomew Street and the Market Place and Cheap Street was extensively redeveloped in the 1970s. This building, along with others from 21-32 Cheap Street, was demolished when the area was rebuilt as the Kennet Centre with an adjacent open air car park.
West Berkshire Museum has a photograph showing the frontage in the 1960s <5>. By that time the right-hand bay (no. 37) had been removed and replaced with a straight frontage of modern casements separated by weatherboards; no. 36 was a launderette and no. 37 was Tom Carr.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | 1950-83. Buildings included in the statutory list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest, pre Review. WBC Network. 1/131. [Unpublished document / SWB10875] |
| <02> | Landmark. 1880-81. Digital OS Mapping Epoch 1, 1:500 - Newbury Town Plan. Digital. 1:500. Building shown but not named. [Map / SWB146990] |
| <03> | Ordnance Survey. 1962-1981. Ordnance Survey Epoch 5, 1:2500. 1:2500. Marked '36' and '37'. [Map / SWB14665] |
| <04> | The Borough Museum, Newbury. 1973. Newbury Buildings Past and Present. p19, illust. P39. [Monograph / SWB12937] |
| <05> | Museum Curator. Newbury Museum Accession Records (West Berkshire Museum since 1998). 2022 WBC Network. NEBYM:2004.50.243. [Unpublished document / SWB14452] |
Related Monuments
| MWB3436 | CHEAP STREET/MARKET PLACE, NEWBURY (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB136 | Excavations in Cheap Street, Newbury, in 1981 (Ravenseft redevelopment) (Ref: W3) |
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