Description

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5280 WESTERHAM WESTERHAM
The Green
(North Side)

The Grasshopper Inn
TQ 4454 35/1355

II GV

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2-storey 3-window building altered late C18 and early C19. Modern projecting
public house front with rendered facade and Welsh slate roof. Covered way into
yard to right with Inn signboard over.
First floor. Red painted tile hanging. 3 sets of C19 casement windows. Moulded
eaves board and bracketed gutter. Ridge tile roof with one end hipped. The
whole elevational treatment masks a C16 or older framed structure.
Rear elevation early C19 red brick with blue headers. Sash windows with glazing
bars. Roof ridges at right angles to road. Inside old bar fittings including
rare pink Wedgwood beer handles.
Historic Associations. The Grasshopper Inn takes its name from the grasshopper
incorporated in the crest of the Gresham family who owned the Manor of Westerham
from the time of Henry VIII till the late C17.

Nos 1 to 3 (consec) and the Grasshopper Public House form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ4467354052

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26536668

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)