Building record 1534400000 - 19 and 21 The Green

Late C18 or C19 shop with living accommodation fronts The Green with possible C18 house attached to rear right hand corner. Shop building is brick with slate roof and decorative chimneys. The traditional timber shopfront is of some historic interest, with a narrow fascia sign, projecting parapet porch over the length of the shop front. The shop window is split into three glass panes, with finely detailed mullions and deep stall riser. The shop door is recessed on the left hand side of the frontage. To the left hand bay of the shop building there is a carriage access/garage with a pair of solid, planked timber doors. Windows are large 2 over 2 pane sashes, one with narrow sidelights.
The C18 rear portion of the building is a much smaller 1 ½ storey building, with a flat roof dormer at eaves level on the front elevation. This part of the building has a much narrower span than the main building. A projecting porch and modern bay window have been added at ground floor level. These elements are not of any great historic interest. The windows in this portion of the building are 6 pane casements. This building occupies a particularly visible plot, on a major junction, and is visually prominent within the Conservation Area. It forms part of a group of historic and architecturally interesting buildings which surround The Green. Local note buildings within the Conservation Area of Great Horwood (B1).