Description

CASTLE CARY CP MARKET PLACE (East side)
ST6432
6/83 The George Hotel
24.3.61
GV II
Inn. C17 or earlier origins, with some reused materials; now mostly C18 and later Cary stone and lias rubble; thatched
roof with plain gables to main block, coped gable to southern half; brick chimney stacks. Two storeys; 4 bays main
block, 3-bay extension, set back slightly, still C18. Sash windows, mostly 12-pane under slim concrete lintols, but to
bays 2 and 4 main block are flat-roofed single storey bay windows of 4+16+4 panes, and to bay 6 a 2-storey angled bay
with 12+20+12 pane sash windows, under lead flat roof: to lower bay 3 a 6-panelled door in painted ashlar surround with
Doric pilasters, simple entablature and pediment hood; above this door a projecting hanging sign on a C19 wrot iron
triple- braced bracket with scrollwork decoration; some windows have brick reveals; one quoin stone to main block has
C12 chevron moulding. Considerable extensions to rear, includiong a long earlier C19 wing with 4 large 16-pane sash
windows at first floor level, and a former segmental arched throughway below, now blocked. Interior much altered, but
several crossbeams survive.

Listing NGR: ST6411632366

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The George Hotel official website
• Wikidata Q26472222

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)