Description

This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23/02/2017

NY 5026,
15/177

SOCKBRIDGE AND TIRRIL
B5320 (north side),
Tirril,
Queens Head Hotel

(Formerly listed as being located on the A592)

6.02.68

GV

II

Public house. Dated and inscribed twice on reused lintel I.I. 1719 and also on
stone set in front wall IS 1735, with C19 alterations. Painted incised stucco
walls partly on large rubble plinth stones. Graduated greenslate roof with
painted roughcast chimney stacks. Appears to have been three houses in a row; the
left oldest one (dated 1735 but probably earlier). Two storeys, four bays; the
central one two storeys, two bays under common roof; the right higher one two storeys,
two bays with rear extension. First part has blocked central doorway, now a sash
window in painted stone surround, matching all of the other windows. Central
part has C20 roughcast porch with reused lintel over glazed C20 doors. Sash
windows with glazing bars in painted stone surrounds. Right part has similar
central porch and doors with flanking side: lights. Broad sash windows in
painted stone surrounds.

Listing NGR: NY5026426682

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26439156

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)