Description

SF 91 NW LITTLEBOROUGH THE SQUARE
1/65 The Roundhouse,
Wheatsheaf
- Buildings

- II
Public house and shops. Early 1860s. Rock-faced stone with
slate roof. Semi-circular plan with 3 storeys and a total of
10 bays. Continuous sill and impost bands and a pierced
parapet with articulating dies above the eaves cornice.
Single and paired sash windows with round-arched heads and
pointed hoodmoulds on the ground floor, shouldered heads on
the first floor and arched heads on the second floor. 2 shop
windows on north side. Doors have arches, shouldered arches
or in one case colonnettes with naturalistic capitals
supporting a cusped arch and multi-foiled overlight. Ridge
chimney stacks. Interior much altered but the pub retains
some original features - fireplaces, plaster cornices and
staircase with cast-iron balusters. Directories record
Robert Hirst as the publican of the Wheat Sheaf in 1821, the
name going as far back as 1780.

Listing NGR: SD9376016348

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26321232

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014