Description

TL 3629 BUNTINGFORD HIGH STREET
(east side)

7/9 No 16
(Black Bull P.H. )
22.2.67 (formerly listed as the Black Bull
Inn No 16)

GV II

Inn, now a P.H., C16 or earlier, C19 rear range, front altered in
early C20. Timber frame, front half-timbered above red brick and
rendered Ground floor. Red-brick rear extension. Steep old red
tile roof. 2-storeys, cellar and attic, 4-windows long front
facing W extending over carriageway at N end leading to yard.
Internal gable chimney at S, and central chimney a quarter from
N. A 4-bay framed structure with stair rising at rear of 2nd bay
from S. The front has casement windows on the 1st floor with
small panes in the head of each light. Large bracketed oriel
windows flank the door up 2 steps. A gabled dormer rises over
the eaves. Interior has exposed heavy flat joists and axial
beams over lofty Ground floor (moulded beam to middle bay),
elaborate late C17 straight stair with balusters, tall carved
finials to newel posts and similar brackets on posts next to the
stair, and a clasped-purlin roof with curved wind-braces. Named
The Horseshoes up to 1727.

Listing NGR: TL3626729451

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26631412

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy