Description

SE 68 SE
4/105

WOMBLETON
MAIN STREET
(east side)
The Plough Inn

GV
II

Inn. Late C17, with later extensions Cruck frame encased in rendered
stone; concrete pantile roof; brick stacks. Originally 2-cell, direct-entry
plan; extension to left added. Single-storey, 4-bay front. Part-glazed
door to left of centre, with 2-light, large-pane, horizontal sliding sash to
left; two similar windows to right. End and left of centre stacks to steeply-
pitched roof. C19 extension to rear not of special interest. Interior: Two
pairs of crossed apex crucks are visible in the loft, one against the wall of
Rose Cottage (qv), the other over the two rooms to right. In the centre room
the fireplace survives consisting of a moulded hearth beam, spear and bench.
Corbelled-out chimney piece over C20 fireplace. Stop-chamfered axial beam.
References: R Hayes and J Rutter, Cruck-Framed Buildings in Rydale and
Eskdale) p.83

Listing NGR: SE6691484046

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26468898

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House