Description

NEWINGTON BERRICK PRIOR SU69SW 7/48 The Chequers 5 18/07/63 (Formerly listed as The Chequers, Berrick Prior, Berrick Salome C.P.)

GV II

Public house. Early/mid C18. Grey brick in header bond with red-brick dressings; some limestone rubble; old plain-tile roof with brick gable stacks. 3-unit plan plus extensions. 2 storeys plus attic. Regular 4-window front of main range, with stepped plinth, storey band and dentil eaves course, has cross-windows under gauged segmental arches; the entrance, which was to right of centre, has been blocked and moved slightly to left. Roof has 4 gabled roof dormers, a gable stack to right and an added stack to left. Dentil course is carried across and around right gable as a pediment. Single-bay former stable to right, in similar style with a half-hipped roof, is now part of public house as is a rubble, brick and tiled single-storey outbuilding projecting from the extreme left of the front. A similar rubble wing projects to rear. Interior: some stop-chamfered beans and joists. Former stable has a clasped-purlin roof with curved inner principals.

Listing NGR: SU6217094416

External Links

• Wikidata Q26650100

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas