Jones's Butchers Shop - Wood Street, Walthamstow, London, UK
N 51° 35.356 W 000° 00.272
30U E 707495 N 5719608
This Waltham Forest Heritage blue plaque is attached to a Grade II listed building that used to be Jones's Butchers Shop. It is located on the south west side of Wood Street at the junction with Havant Road in Walthamstow.
Waymark Code: WMW8FJ
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/24/2017
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The wording on the Waltham Forest Heritage blue plaque reads:
Waltham Forest Heritage
Jones's Butchers Shop
Grade II Listed building
Timber framed & weatherboarded former village
butchers shop, probably late 18th C.
The business was established by the
Jones family in 1750 and
survived until the 1970s
As mentioned, the building is Grade II listed with the entry at the Historic England website telling us:
Butchers shop. Probably late C18. Weatherboarded with pitched pantiled roof to eaves. Single storey. Shop front to right hand side; roof continued to form overhanging canopy above, with timber post supports bearing iron hooks for hanging meat. Tiled stall-riser, plate glass window; entrance to right. To left hand side a meat store with entrance to centre of building and slatted screen for ventilation. Painted fascia board on roof "C Jones Family Butchers Estd 1750". A rare survival.