Description

HIGH STREET 1. 1594 (East Side) Nos 15 & 17 (The Old George Inn) SU 1429 NW 3/81 28.2.52. 1 GV 2. C14 and later. 3 storeys, paired gables to front. Elaborately braced-timber framed elevation with plaster infilling. Old tile roof. 2 5 light mullioned and transomed casement windows on 2nd floor. 1st floor has 2 irregular canted oriel windows each of 10 mullioned and transomed lights, hipped tiled pent roofs, timber framed aprons. The wall between bays has elaborate interlaced bracing. The ground floor has recently been opened up to provide access to the "Old George Mall", one original post with bracket projecting forward to carry overhang. On lst floor the south room has early C17 plaster work friezes on beams and carved wood overmantel. Projecting to east on north side open hall through 2 storeys. C15 hammerbeam roof, arched braces to collars. Heavy scissor bracing visible on 2nd floor lath decorated wall plates and spandrels. 2 rooms with tie beams and kingposts with 4-way struts.

Nos 11 to 17 (odd) form a group.

Listing NGR: SU1430329852

External Links

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