Description

HEDGELEY POWBURN VILLAGE
NU 01 NE
(East side)
4/244 Plough Inn, with
outbuilding
to north
II

Inn with outbuilding. Mid-C18, in several builds; late C19 rear wing. Squared
tooled stone; right return large roughly-squared stone ; outbuilding squared
stone with tooled dressings; rear wing snecked stone. Welsh slate roof.

Front 2 storeys, 3 bays: plinth, eaves cornice. Central flat-roofed porch;
12-pane sash windows, some renewed, with slightly-projecting sills. Roof
hipped to left; coped right gable with stepped-and-corniced end stack. Right
return shows renewed 30-pane sash stair window in rear wing.

Left return in 3 sections; centre and right parts have similar fenestration
to front. Right bay is end of front block, with coped gable on left carrying
stepped-and-corniced stack. Lower 2-bay centre has central panelled double
doors under C20 rustic porch, and coped left gable with stepped-and-corniced
end stack. To left a single-storey 5-bay outbuilding with boarded double
doors under massive lintel and square window openings, boarded except for far
left, which is blocked.

Coaching Inn in the late C18 or C19.

Front porch and flat-roofed toilet block, both of 1939, are not of special
interest.

Listing NGR: NU0622616343

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26293909

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability