Description

WESTBURY

SJ31SW MAIN ROAD, Halfway House
1101/0/10018 Seven Stars Inn
13-DEC-01

II

House and public house. c.1870. Painted brick. Welsh slate roof. Red brick end stacks.
PLAN. One single public room entered directly from front entrance.
EXTERIOR. 2 storeys. 3 bays with central doorway together with a further lean-to right. All windows 3-light centre-opening casements except upper window in lean-to bay which is a 2-light casement. Dentil course beneath the eaves.
INTERIOR. Single public room with red tiled floor and a pair of high-back settles, the backs of which define a corridor running to a plank door leading to private accommodation. The settles are secured to the ceiling by iron bars. Fixed bench seat under window. Fire surround of c.1925.
A now extremely rare example of a rural beer-house with retains its single public room intact.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26641827

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)