Description

WARE TOWN

TL3514SE HIGH STREET
829-1/9/127 (South side)
08/05/50 No.83
Brewery Tap

GV II

Former inn range, subsequently with brewery at rear, now
public house with flat over. C15, later heightened, and
refronted late C18, early C19 shopfront and later alterations.
C18 front of red and grey brick with red brick dressings,
encasing earlier timber-framed structure. Welsh slated steeply
pitched roof with bracketed cornice, plastered side gable with
flush set attic windows.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attics. First and second floors have 4
irregularly spaced sash windows with glazing bars, almost
flush set with exposed boxes, under rubbed flat arches. Plat
bands at first and second floor level. Ground floor left, east
of carriageway has one sash window; to right (west) fine late
C18 or early C19 shopfront with twin bow windows, with glazing
bars, reeded pilasters with paterae, central door, with 4
recessed panels, and rectangular fanlight above, under fret
architrave, fascia, moulded cornice, and is surmounted by
wrought-iron balcony railing. Carriageway has timber posts
with Tuscan Doric caps and bressumer with recessed panel.
Framed and panelled gates, with wicket door in right hand
leaf. C15 timber-framed arched door in left hand of
carriageway. Building plastered at rear with old tiled roofs.
Long rear 2 storey outshoot, weatherboarded on east, red brick
on west, C18 and C19, functioned as brewery. Altered and
extended mid 1970s architects Adams Huntley. Extensive
part-vaulted C18 and C19 cellars. Exposed beams ground floor
and first floors indicate timber-framed origins and subsequent
alterations but original layout and structure much altered.
Site of The Horseshoe Inn, recorded 1509, later known as The
Golden Cross Inn, giving the name Starcross Row to this part
of High Street, in conjunction with the nearby Star Inn.
(Edwards E and Perman D: Ware's Past In Pictures: Ware: 1991-:
97; Hunt EM: The History of Ware: Hertford: 1986-1946: 99;
Perman D: Ware UD. List of buildings of special arch or
historic interest: 1993-: 36; Ware 25" to 1 Mile. Surveyed by
the Ordnance Survey Department: 1851-; Forrester H: Timber
Framed Buildings in Hertford and Ware: Hitchin: 1964-: 38,
46-7; Branch Johnson W: Hertfordshire Inns: Letchworth: 1962-:
97; Moodey GE: East Hertfordshire Archaeological Society
Newsletter: Hertford: 1962-).

Listing NGR: TL3566714330

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26565018

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