Description

SP 1634 NW 9/15 BLOCKLEY HIGH STREET
(North-West side)

Crown Inn and
Victoria Friendly
Society premises
GV
II

Circa 1700. Two and a half storeys. Coursed, squared rubble, chamfered eaves
course. Slate roof with coped verges to right, ashlar chimney with moulded capping to
left, brick chimney to right of centre. Stone slates to rear. Two gabled dormers,
centre and left. Four windows on 1st floor, 3 on ground floor, 3-light mullioned
casements, drips on ground floor. Segmental keyed coachway arch to right for yard.
Entrance to inn now in coachway. Large taller extension to rear south-west with a
3-light mullioned window facing yard. Hipped former stair turret in centre. The
premises of the Victoria and Friendly Society, were established, see tablet, in 1837, and
form an Assembly Room extending beyond the Crown Inn: a large outbuilding of 2 storeys
in rubble with ashlar dressings and quoins; moulded eaves course, slate roof with
coped verges; 4 windows on 1st floor, glazing bar sashes; 2 segmental archways on
ground floor to left, presumably for storage and coaches. Still used for Mummers
plays etc after sale by Friendly Society in 1872.

Listing NGR: SP1627334788

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26625790

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Recommended Books

• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)