Description

SK 52 NE BUNNY LOUGHBOROUGH ROAD
(east side)

7/36 The Rancliffe Arms
14.5.52
G.V. II

Coaching Inn, now public house. Early Cl7 with later Cl7 and C18
additions and alterations. Designed by and built for Sir Thomas
Parkyns of Bunny Hall. Some C20 alterations. Whitewashed brick,
some remaining timber frame, some rubble. Plain tile roof.
Single red brick stacks to ridge, right and right gable. Brick
coped right gable with kneeler. Raised eaves band in parts. 2
storeys, 10 bays. The fifth and second single bays from the
right are gabled, that second right being 2 storeys plus garret
and with coped gable with kneelers. Fifth bay from right, early
Cl7 and on rubble plinth with first floor band, and evidence of
timber frame over first floor opening. Extending between these 2
bays is a parapet. Having from right to left a single large
segmental arched tripartite glazing bar fixed light with hood
mould, a single tripartite glazing bar sash, a doorway with plank
door, glazing bar overlight and Tudor style hood mould, a single
canted bay with single glazing bar sash flanked by single glazing
bar fixed lights, 5 segmental arched tripartite glazing bar fixed
lights and a single large segmental arched tripartite glazing bar
fixed light with hood mould in former carriage archway. Above
from right to left is a single glazing bar sash, a single similar
sash with segmental arched hood mould, a single glazing bar cross
casement, a single glazing bar sash, a single larger glazing bar
sash, and a single segmental arched glazing bar sash. Over the
first floor windows of the 2 parapeted bays are 3 circular blind
panels. In the garret is a single segmental arched casement with
hood mould. Rear of single gabled bay with timber frame has
single visible post, arched brace and tie beam. Sir Thomas
Parkyns Bart. (c.1662-1741) carried out improvements to and
rebuilt almost all of Bunny to his own designs.

Listing NGR: SK5834929558

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26567032

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)