Description

ROTHBURY HIGH STREET
NU 0501
(North side)
25/291 Turk's Head Inn
GV II

Inn. Rebuilt 1874 after fire; late C17 or early C18 rear wing. Main part
tooled stone with rock-faced plinth and cut dressings; rear wing large rubble.
Welsh slate roof except for pantiles on end part of rear wing. 2 storeys +
attics, 2 + 1 + 2 bays. Chamfered plinth, sill bands. Gabled 2-bay outer
sections with diamond-rusticated end pilasters, have 4-pane sash windows in
moulded raised stone surrounds, including smaller central attic window in
gable. Slightly-recessed centre has half-glazed double doors under segmental
arch with broach-stopped chamfered jambs, moulded imposts, rusticated voussoirs
and carved keystone with date on rear face; 4-pane sash above and raised
shaped parapet on moulded corbels, with central bust of Turk. Stepped-and-
corniced left end and ridge stacks; right end stack heightened with C20 brick
top. Wing to rear right refenestrated in C19; end gable shows pigeon hole
with alighting band and raised reverse-stepped coping.

Small rendered extension to rear left is not of special interest.

Listing NGR: NU0562301736

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26498787

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)