KEYNSHAM CONSERVATION AREAHIGH STREET AND TEMPLE STREET SHOP FRONT AND FACADE ENHANCEMENT

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CHARLTON ROAD

HS 37

37 HIGH STREET, KEYNSHAM37 & 37A HIGH STREET, KEYNSHAM [SMART COMPUTERS] FEB 2017

Circa 1887Circa 1970'S Circa 1905

HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT:37 High Street, Keynsham dates to the early 19th century. It sits awkwardly in the streetscape considerably forward of No 35 and the Ebenezer Baptist Chapel. Used as the town’s post office until the early 1900’s. At this time it was markedly different. Protected from the road by railings the building had a pantiled roof, was rendered with a central canopied door and a generally symmetrical frontage, with 6/6 sash windows and a shop window to the left of the entrance.

By 1905 No 37 had changed considerably with re-facing ofthe elevation in stone,a slated roof finish, a change in thefenestration including a bay window in place of the formershop window and a new shop front to the right of the centraldoor. This configuration remained until the 1970s.

The current building has a slated roof discharging into plasticgutters. The elevation is predominantly lias with Bath stonequoins, string courses, and mouldings to the windows at firstfloor as 1905. The ground floor openings have changed withthe introduction of 2 new shop fronts. Each has a boxshutter planted on the face of the building and significantareas of glazing which do not relate to the windows above.All evidence of former shopfronts has been lost.

DESIGNATION:Unlisted within Character Area 2, Southern High Street of theKeynsham Conservation Area.

INTEGRITY AND CONDITION:Currently this building is more discordant than at any time in its history. At high level the building is generally in good condition with a lot of the Edwardian detailing intact. The lower shop fronts are modern interventions and have no historic integrity and or relationship to the upper floor architecture. The use of external shutters, plate glass windows, and the decoration of the ashlar around the shopfronts combined with the asymmetry of the shop front design has emphasised the contrast between floors.

ACTIONS:This building could be significantly enhanced by considering the symmetry of the building and the upper fenestration.∑ Remove paint to ground floor masonry back to ashlar∑ I nstall internal security shuttering / remove shutter

boxes∑ Consider applied shop fronts fenestrated to relate to

upper windows incorporating doors signage and stall riser

∑ Centre No 37 front door(originally double doors)∑ Change plastic rainwater goods to cast metal∑ Change signage of No 37 to relate to openings and to

be more traditional in form∑ Reduce visual clutter including signs and window stickers

2017