Description

BRADNINCH FORE STREET (east side),
SS 90 NE
Bradninch
11/17 No. 1 (The Castle Hotel)
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GV II
Public House. About 1835 with late-C19 alterations. Stuccoed, under slate hipped
roof. left-hand stack with brick shaft. 3 storeys.
Front: Symmetrical 3-window range, under slightly overhanging eaves, and with
stone quoins. Hornless sash windows to 1st and 2nd floors; formerly 6 panes per
sash, but now only 2. Central portico of circa 1835 with 2 debased Tuscan columns
with pilasters, supporting moulded canopy; round-headed doorway with panelled
reveals. The windows received their architraves in the late-C19 (or early C20):
plain to 2nd floor, but shouldered to first and ground floors, with capitals and
keystones; the ground-floor sashes (of 1835) were removed and replaced by
tripartite windows, with 4 little top lights, and now with one pane to each main
light. The Castle Hotel makes a significant contribution to the townscape at the
top of Fore Street.

Listing NGR: SS9999204003

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26399873

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