Description

CHIPPENHAM

ST9173SE HIGH STREET 930-1/9/42 (South side) 19/05/77 Nos.2 AND 3

GV II

Hotel, now shops. c1835. Limestone ashlar with part-rendered rubblestone to the rear wing, double-pitched slate roof with moulded ashlar stacks and stone coping to gable ends. Double-depth plan with rear left wing. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 8-window range. Chamfered arrises to a wide semicircular-arched carriage entrance one-and-a-half storeys high (now glazed), which is flanked by full-height splayed pilasters with pyramidal caps above the blocking course. A 1st-floor band is at impost level. Above the arch a 3-light window with semicircular-arched lights and 4/4-pane sash windows has a sill band spanning the central bay. To the right is a semicircular-arched doorway (now a window) below a shallow splayed oriel window with similar but taller windows. To the 1st-floor left are paired plate-glass sash windows below a bracketed cornice. The cornice and blocking course span the facade, to the centre is a raised plaque "1835". The rear wing has a roof hipped to the rear and a blank ashlar wall to the left with 16 iron rings for harnessing horses. The right-hand wall is rendered with a planked door to a gabled loading bay, a 3-light window to the left with 12/12-pane sashes, other C20 windows and doors, and 4 harnessing rings to the right. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORY: mentioned in 1703 as formerly known as the New Inn. (Chamberlain, Joseph A: Chippenham: Chippenham: 1976-: 130).

Listing NGR: ST9198473309

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  For the Record
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)