Description

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SU 1429 NE
4/133

ST JOHN'S STREET (East Side)
No 9 (The Chapter House)

(Formerly listed as No 9 (King's Arms))

28.2.52.

GV

C15-15. Four storey. A tall single gabled front of timber frame with wattle and daub infilling, oversailing at first and second floor levels, with moulded trimmers under each oversail and curved brackets under second floor. Moulded bargeboards to gable. Old tile roof. One four-light mullioned casement on third floor. Two three-light flanking central six-light mullioned and transomed casements on second floor. The outer windows now blocked. Similar arrangement on first floor with narrow lights flanking central window. All casements modern leaded, but frames original except to central windows, which have been restored. Modern casement and plain door on ground floor. Gabled three-storey extension right hand timber frame plastered. One C18 sash window on first floor and two modern casements on ground floor.

This Inn used for meetings of Royalists during Civil War in connection with flight of Charles II, and possible rescue of Charles I.

Interior: on the 1st floor panelling and original stone fireplace.

Nos 1 to 13 (odd) form a very important group.

Listing NGR: SU1458329657

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17529855

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Recommended Books

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)