Description

PARISH OF SHIRLAND & HIGHAM MAIN ROAD
38/39 59
38/39 58
6/55 (East Side)
The Crown Hotel and No 32,
8-7-71 Higham (formerly listed
as 'The Crown Hotel,
Cottage to north of Crown
Hotel, No 32, Cottage to
south of No 32, Main Street
Higham)
GV II
Four cottages, now public house. C18 with C19 refronting and C20 rear additions.
Coursed squared gritstone. Gritstone dressings and quoins. C20 plain tile roofs.
Stone stacks to north gable end and two ridge stacks. Two brick stacks to south.
Stone coped gables with moulded kneelers to No 32 to the south. Two storeys,
six bays. To south, flush doorcase with horizontal sliding sashes either side.
To north, flush quoined doorcase with plain sashes either side in flush surrounds.
Between door and southern window, a four stepped mounting block. Beyond, to north,
inserted doorcase with two glazing bar sashes in flush surrounds beyond.
To extreme north another flush quoined doorcase . All doors C20. Above,
glazing bar sash to north, three plain sashes in flush surrounds to south,
with two C20 windows beyond in No 32. Interior mainly altered but has
chamfered beams, bracketed stone fireplace to ground floor. First floor
room to rear late C18 with Venetian window to north and a pair of stone
fireplaces with moulded mantle pieces over lintels with concave upper corners.

Listing NGR: SK3903258935

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26452658

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Recommended Books

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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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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]