Description

TL 2639 ASHWELL HIGH STREET
(South side)
Ashwell

8/31 No. 69
9.6.52 (The Rose and Crown
P.H.)

GV II*

Public House. Late C15 or early C16 hall house with jettied cross wings
each end. Timber frame. Roughcast. Plain tile roof. 2 storeys. Former
service wing on left has no windows. Jetty carried on curved brackets,
the right pair possibly indicating a cross passage. 1 glazing bar
casement to centre, the ground floor a C19 canted bay. Right wing has a
3-light casement on each floor. Gables have C19 cusped bargeboards. Left
return elevation has a C18 external stack and 2 casements. Long rear
single storey C18-19 extension, weatherboarded at back. C18 stack to
taller front part. Inside, the service wing retains 2 plain crown posts
with struts to collar purlins only. The hall part has a rebated crown
post with 2 surviving struts. Ground floor with chamfer-stopped beam and
large inglenook. Well preserved example of type. (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL2668439620

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17554749

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)