Description

SO 3288 BISHOP'S CASTLE C.P. CHURCH STREET (east side)

12/35 No. 28 (The Boar's
- Head Inn)

GV II

House, now inn. C17 with early- to mid-C19 refacing and partial under-
building, and C20 additions at rear. Timber framed, partly rebuilt and
refaced probably in coursed limestone rubble, stuccoed (incised to
represent ashlar), and slate roof with catslide over outshut at rear.
5 framed bays. Basement and 2 storeys. Brick ridge stack off-centre
to right, lateral integral brick stack off-centre to left at front, and
lateral semi-integral brick stack off-centre to left at rear. 5 windows
across first floor, late-C19 two-light casements; 4 ground floor 16-
pane glazing bar sashes, 3 to left with flush frames; boarded door
between first and second windows from right with late-C20 glazed lean-
to porch. Later addition to south at rear. Interior: evidence of
former jettied first floor to right-hand framed bay (see shaped brackets
and bressumer).

Listing NGR: SO3234188626

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26583271

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Recommended Books

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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)