Description

MARKET PLACE 1. (In the centre) 1839 Hope & Anchor Hotel SK 2853 2/29 24.10.50.

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2. Early C19 ashlar to early C17 coursed stone rubble exposed in rear gabled dormers; 3 storeys; 7 sash windows; small stuccoed Roman Doric cornice hood porch. Left-hand wing, formerly with modern shop front, now has plain inn windows. Plain eaves. C19 cast-iron inn-sign. Contains enriched oak overmantel with fluted Ionic shafts (the volutes upside down) flanking a bolection moulding around fireplace and supporting an enriched cornice on consoles with panels enriched with fleurs-de-lys, unicorns, Tudor Rose, etc. Of crude execution and date circa 1610. The entrance lobby contains a small section of a moulded plaster ceiling of the same date. The history of the house is problematical, but it is vaguely associated with the Governor when Wirksworth had a penal settlement.

Listing NGR: SK2865153946

External Links

• Wikidata Q26405601

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014