Description

1.
5280 COWDEN COWDEN
The Square
(North Side )
The Crown Inn
TQ 4640 9/340 10.9.54.

II GV

2.
Late mediaeval hall house with early-mid Cl9 front. 2 storeys and dormers.
Tile roof with one end hipped and 3 ridge chimney stacks.
Ground floor. Painted brick with ontinuous corbelled course above windows.
In centre, Cl9 projecting painted brick porch with tiled roof and ornamental
bargeboards with centre pendant. On either side, 2 sets of casement windows
in wooden frames containing square paned leaded lights.
First floor. Painted tile hanging with bracket gutter and eaves. 4 sets of
casement windows in wooden frames with square paned leaded lights.
Above. 2 tiled dormers with Cl9 ornamental bargeboards and containing square
pared leaded casements. To right, projecting signboard on bracket. Stone mounting
block at right. Inside some visible timber, including one moulded beam, and
carved crown post in attic.

Tge Stable buildings, the Crown Inn and Gainsford House form a group with
No 2 High Street.

Listing NGR: TQ4657940536

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26374926

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2