Description

ROWDE HIGH STREET
ST 9762
(south side)
11/251 The George and Dragon Inn
19.3.62
GV II

Inn, late C18 refronting of C16 or earlier timber-framed building.
Roughcast on high painted brick and rubble stone basement with
Bridgwater tile half-hipped roof, ridge stack and east end stack.
Two storeys and attic over full-height basement. Small-paned
triple casement windows, 3-window range to left with 4-panel centre
door under timber hood on brackets. Eight stone steps up with
iron railing. Blocked door in timber architrave to left of front.
One-window range of similar windows to right. Cellar doors to
right of steps. C20 east end addition. Rear has heavy square
framing exposed, showing line of original roof.
Interior: heavy chamfered and stopped spine beam over through
passage. Room to west of passage has heavy spine beam with two
bars to chamfer-stop and large ashlar moulded Tudor-arched
fireplace with moulded stone shelf. Fielded panelled door to
staircase. Possible foot of a cruck beam visible in front wall,
by partition to passage. West end room has unusually moulded
spine beam with two ovolo mouldings and carved rosette stops.

Listing NGR: ST9782362714

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26562629

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)