Listed Buildings in Winchelsea
High Street
Firebrand
TQ 9017-9117
Grade II (listed 3 August 1961)
Timber-framed building containing some 14th century and 15th
century work but altered in the 18th Century and later modernised.
Two storeys and attic. The front facing High Street has 7
windows and is faced with cream-coloured weather-boarding.
Gable at each end. Sash windows with glazing bars intact.
Tiled roof. The side facing St Thomas's Street has one window.
The ground floor is faced with stone rubble and above with
tarred weather-boarding. Ceiling beams inside and king-post
roof. Vaulted cellar of about 1300 beneath the house.
K6 Telephone Kiosk (0797-226201)
TQ9017-9117
Grade II (listed 1 October 1987)
Telephone Kiosk, Type K6. Designed bySir Giles Gilbert Scott.
Made by various contractors. Cast Iron. Square kiosk with
domed roof. Unperforated crowns to top panels and margin glazing
to windows and door.
Lookout Cottage
TQ 9017-9117
Grade II (listed 13 May 1987)
Early 19th century. Two storeys. Three windows. North and
West sides tile-hung, east side stone rubble and red brick.
Tiled roof. Casement windows. Doorway with pilasters and projecting
cornice. Cellar of about 1300 below the building.
Magazine Cottage
TQ 9017-9117
Grade II (listed 13 May 1987)
Originally the northwest wing or extension of a house named
'Magazine' in Castle Street. 18th Century. Two storeys. Two
windows. Ground floor red brick, above tile-hung. Tiled roof.
Casement windows.
National Westminster Bank and Bank
House
Formerly listed as The Westminster Bank and Bank House
TQ 9017-9117
Grade II (listed 3 August 1961)
Amended 13 May 1987
Timber-framed building probably 15th century. 2 storeys and
attic. 3 windows. 1 dormer in the East and West faces. The
street front is stuccoed on the ground floor and tile-hung
above. Steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof. Casement windows
on first floor with small square leaded panes. Modern windows
below, that serving the Bank being curved with glazing bars.
18th Century doorway with flat hood over supported on brackets,
and door of 6 fielded panels, the top 2 panels cut away and
glazed.
Periteau House, including the cellar
under the garden
TQ 9017-9117
Grade II* (listed 3 August 1961)
L-shaped 18th Century house. Two storeys and attic. Three
windows and two dormers facing south, five windows and two
dormers facing west. Red brick and grey headers alternately,
covered with Virginia creeper at time of resurvey. Eaves cornice.
Hipped tiled roof. Glazing bars intact. Doorway with flute
pilasters, pediment, semi-circular fanlight and door of six
fielded panels.
The Court Hall and Town Museum
Formerly listed as The Court Hall, or Town Hall
TQ 9023-9123
Grade I Scheduled Ancient Monument (listed 3 August 1961:
amended 13 May 1987)
14th century building, altered in the 15th century and since.
Two storeys. Three windows. Stone rubble. Tiled roof. Modern
obtusely-pointed two-light windows. Stone doorway. Blocked
doorway at west end. Three niches over, two pointed, one square-headed,
with the remains of a cartouche. Four corbel brackets. Gable
end east and west. The west one has the blocked head of an
entrance to the basement. The east one has a window splayed
outwards with three iron grilles, also a 13th century doorway
reset. 15th century crown-post inside. The building was used
as the Town Hall from 1557 onwards and the Mayor of Winchelsea
is still elected there annually. The first floor is used as
a museum.
The Little Shop
Formerly listed as No 9 Castle Street
TQ 9017-9117
Grade II (listed 3 August 1961: amended 13 May 1987)
18th Century. Two storeys. One window facing south, two windows
facing east. Ground floor red brick, above south front tile-hung,
east front weather-boarded. Hipped tiled roof. Small modern
shop window in south front.
The Match Box House
TQ 9017-9117
Grade II (listed 3 August 1961: amended 13 May 1987)
Early 19th century. Three storeys. Two windows. Weather-boarded.
Eaves cornice. Hipped tiled roof. Vertical glazing bars only
intact. Modern curved window on ground floor.
The Parish Church of St Thomas the
Martyr
TQ 9017-9117
Grade I (listed 13 May 1987)
This was or was planned to be a cruciform church, but the
nave was either never finished or was burned by the French
in the 14th century. The chancel with aisles and the arches
and ruins of the transepts remain. Except for the 15th century
West porch, the whole building is 14th century and is the
finest Decorated work in Sussex. The church contains earlier
canopied tombs. A magnificent feature is the modern stained
glass, designed by Edward Strachan, which fills all but two
of the windows. Photographs in the National Buildings Record.
The Retreat
TQ 9017-9117
Grade II (listed 3 August 1961)
Two parallel ranges. Two storeys and attic. Three windows.
One dormer. The front range is a 15th century timber-framed
building now fronted with stone rubble on the ground floor
with red brick window dressings and quoins and tile-hung above
in alternate courses of square and curved tiles. Wooden parapet.
Hipped tiled roof. Casement windows with small square leaded
panes. 18th Century doorway with flat hood over supported
on brackets and door of six moulded and fielded panels, the
top 2 panels cut away and glazed. The West wall is faced with
red brick and grey headers alternately and has a medieval
round-headed stone doorway in it. King-post roof. The back
range is of later date and has modern additions behind. Vaulted
cellar of about 1300 beneath the house.
South garden wall of Winchelsea
Cottage, Periteau House and The Stone House
TQ 9017-9117
Grade II (listed 13 May 1987)
Wall filling the gap between Winchelsea Cottage on the west
and the Stone House on the East. Stone wall probably built
in the 18th Century using partly medieval materials. Stepped
red brick coping.
The Stone House
TQ 9017-9117
Grade II (listed 3 August 1961)
Stable adapted for residence and an extra storey added. Probably
18th Century. Two storeys. One window facing High Street,
three windows facing Barrack Square. Ground floor stone rubble,
above tile-hung. tiled roof with the East ridge interrupted
to form a projection. Modern windows. At the South East corner
is a pentagonal red brick projection of 1 storey. Ground floor
addition to the West. There is a cellar of about 1300 below
the house which is entered from the Barrack Square, and has
2 windows into it on the South side. Grade II on account of
the cellar.
Tower Cottage
TQ 9017-9117
Grade II (listed 3 August 1961)
Two parallel ranges and two L-wings behind. 17th century or
earlier. Two storeys. Three windows. Tile-hung in alternate
courses of curved and square tiles. Eaves cornice. Tiled roof.
Casement windows with small square leaded panes. 18th Century
doorway with flat hood over supported on brackets and door
of 6 moulded and fielded panels. Ellen Terry lived here for
some years.
Winchelsea Cottage
Formerly listed as The Cottage
TQ 9017-9117
Grade II (listed 3 August 1961)
Amended 13 May 1987
Originally part of Periteau House. Early 19th century. Two
storeys. Two windows. Ground floor painted brick with brick
cogging above, first floor tile-hung. Tiled roof. Glazing
bars intact. At the east end is a portion that appears older,
perhaps 17th Century.
Winchelsea Post Office and Household
Stores and Anvils (Finch of Winchelsea)
Formerly listed as General Stores and Post Office adjoining
The Rowans to the east
TQ 9017-9117
Grade II (listed 3 August 1961: amended 13 May 1987)
One building. 17th Century or earlier timber-framed building,
refaced with painted brick on ground floor and tile-hung above.
Casement windows on first floor. Shop windows on ground floor,
those at Anvils 19th century. Carriage archway at east end
with timbering exposed in ceiling and east wall of this. Two
storeys and attic. Six windows. Two hipped dormers.
Wren Cottage
Formerly listed as The Rowans
TQ 9017-9117
Grade II (listed 3 August 1961)
Amended 13 May 1987
17th Century or earlier timber-framed cottage, refaced with
stucco in the 18th Century. Tiled roof. Casement windows.
Doorway with pediment and door of six fielded panels. Two
storeys and attic. Two windows. Two dormers.
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