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Regent House and Warwick House together form a large timber-framed building, probably dating from the late 16th century, in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. Regent House occupies numbers 12 and 14, and Warwick House numbers 16 and 18a, on the west side of the High Street (at and ); Regent House occupies a bend in the street which reflects the town's Norman castle. The building was probably constructed shortly after the fire of 1583. Regent House and Warwick House are listed separately at grade II. High Street was the home of the wealthiest townspeople in the 1580s, and the houses dating from the rebuilding form the finest examples of post-fire architecture in the town.〔Lake, pp. 30, 93–95, 104〕 The modern street still contains many other good examples of Elizabethan timber-framed buildings, all of which date from after the fire; these include the Queen's Aid House, number 46 and the grade-I-listed Crown Inn.〔 ==History== The bend in the High Street which Regent House now occupies follows the outer wall of the Norman Nantwich Castle.〔Lake, pp. 3–4, 92〕〔Garton, 1983, p. 10〕 Built before 1180, the castle is believed to have been located on slightly elevated ground between the River Weaver and the modern High Street and Castle Street, probably near the Crown Inn. The castle was last recorded in 1462.〔〔McNeil Sale R. ''et al.''. ''Archaeology in Nantwich: Crown Car Park Excavations'' (Bemrose Press; 1978)〕〔Garton, 1972, p. 8〕 The existing Regent and Warwick House is believed to have been built shortly after the 1583 fire,〔Pevsner & Hubbard, pp. 287–88〕 which destroyed all the buildings on the west side of High Street, together with much of the town east of the River Weaver.〔Lake, pp. 67–70〕 The stretch of the High Street running between the river and what is now the town square included four of the seven inns destroyed by the fire: the Crown, the principal inn of the town; the Bell, a major inn with 17 beds; the Cock, site of cock-fighting; and the Bear, which kept four bears for bear-baiting.〔〔Lake, p. 35〕〔Garton, 1983, p. 80〕 There was also a butcher's shop and a smithy.〔 The building was updated in the late 18th century. Sash windows were added, and the original triangular gables were replaced by a section with timber uprights which imitated the parapets of late Georgian townhouses.〔 The timberwork on the first storey of Warwick House was later covered with roughcast.〔 Regent House housed the Regent Cycle Stores in around 1900, and later the cycle manufacturer's, Raven Cycle Co.〔Whatley, plate 26〕〔''Kelly's Directory'' (1914)〕 In the 1990s it was an estate agent's and, from 1999, an independent furniture retailers.〔Simpson, plate 36〕 , it is used as a charity shop. In 1914, Warwick House was the premises of William Johnson, a "hosier, glover & draper & ladies' & children's outfitter".〔 It has been a chemist's shop since the late 20th century. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Regent and Warwick House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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