Description

1. 1954 MUCH WENLOCK HIGH STREET (North Side) No 49 (Ashfield Hall) SO 69 NW (SJ 6200) 6/61 24.10.50.

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2. An historic house, consisting of two distinct portions. The left-hand side is the original C15 structure of coursed stone rubble with stone dressings, and the right-hand of timber frame and plaster was added late C16. The left-hand wing has a large plain rourd-headed arch, with blocked two-light stone mullioned window above. The lower stage of a buttress remains, the upper storey having been altered to contain a late C15 gabled dormer with an eight-light mullioned and transomed window. The right-hand wing has a gabled square bay over two storeys and attic with moulded wood mullioned and transomed five-light window. The returned side is gabled and timbered to base. Stack with diagonal brick shafts. Tiles. In the C17 the house was an inn, reputedly visited by Charles I.

Nos 40 to 45 (consec), Fox Hotel and Nos 47 to 49 (consec) form a group

Listing NGR: SO6220399839

External Links

• Wikidata Q17550797

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)