Description

TILSHEAD HIGH STREET
SU 04 NW
(north side)
1/272 Rose and Crown Inn
18/2/58
GV II
Inn. C16 timber-framed house, rebuilt in present form C17, south
front refaced late C17, bay added to west late C18, Cl9 rear
additions. Square-panelled timber-framing to rear, flint and
limestone bands to front, cob to west bay, thatched roof with brick
stacks. Probably open-hall plan in C16, now much-altered C17 plan
with rear additions. 2-storey, 6-window front. 6-panelled door to
left of centre has tiled canopy and chamfered doorcase, to right is
20-pane and 16-pane sash, to left is one 16-pane sash. First
floor has six recessed chamfered 2-light mullioned windows. One-
bay addition to left has chamfered recessed 2-light mullioned
window to ground floor and one 20-pane sash to first floor. Left
return has C20 casement to ground floor. Right return has external
brick stack with offsets, attached is C20 flat-roofed extension.
Rear has single-storey brick lean-to extension with Roman-tiled
roof, to left is C20 flat-roofed extension, to right is C19
attached single-storey addition in cob with pantile and Roman tile
roof and casements.
Interior has timber-framed rear wall, now within C19 lean-to
extension. C16 roof recorded by RCHM has smoke-blackened timbers,
two tiers of purlins with some curved wind braces; evidence of
screeens passage and division between lower service end to east and
the open hall to west. Cl7 inserted ceiling has deeply chamfered
beams with step and runout stops. Fittings are mainly C19,
including 4-panelled doors. C20 remodelling of ground-plan.
(Unpublished records of RCHM (England), Salisbury).

Listing NGR: SU0335747959

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26477473

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)