Description

ST 8268 BOX HIGH STREET
(north side)

3/161 TheQueen's Head Inn

20 12 60

GV II

Inn, early C18 extended in late C18, ashlar with Bridgwater tile
main roof, slates to west extension, coped gables and end wall
stacks. Two storeys and attic. Main range has 2 hipped dormers
with leaded lights, raised quoins and cyma-moulded mullion windows
in architrave frames with dripstones. Four-light window with king
mullion to ground and first floors to left, 3-light window to first
floor right. Ground floor right has pair of 12-pane thick glazing
bar sashes in bead-moulded surrounds with dripstone over. Central
Roman Doric projecting ashlar porch with 2 columns and pilaster
responds. Studded plank door. Oval panel above in carved laurel
frame. To left, late C18 extension with hipped dormer, raised
bands over each floor, paired 8-pane first floor sashes in flush
surrounds, paired 8-pane ground floor sashes in flush surround and
6-panel door. Rear wing, Bridgwater tiled with half-hipped north
gable and 2-light attic mullion window. Various C19 additions
behind main range.

Listing NGR: ST8250768502

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26273220

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings