Description

SJ 37 SW SHOTWICK C.P. THE VILLAGE
(South Side)

3/40 Greyhound Farmhouse.

4/6/1952

GV II

Formerly inn and manor courthouse, later farmhouse, now house: later
C17 with early C19 addition and later C20 alterations. English bond
orange brick with red sandstone dressings. Welsh slate roof and 2
brick chimneys. 2-storey over cellar, 7-bay front. Right 4 bays is
original house. Chamfered stone plinth, raised to right of door to
include entrance to cellar. Flush stone quoining and dentil brick
band at 1st floor. Windows are 2-light late C20 wooden casements with
glazing bars under weak segmental brick heads. Central doorway has
heavy wooden surround under similar head and is approached by 3 steps.
Dentil band continues on right side. Left 3 bays is former
farmbuilding now partly added into house. Board door and 2 C20
windows below and 2 square pitch holes and a line of ventilation slots
above.
Interior: entrance into lobby with winder staircase to rear. Room to
right has raised wooden floor and corner fireplace with C20 grate
(said to be manor courtroom). Room to left has inglenook fireplace
with chamfered bressumer. Ceiling beams boxed and joists hidden. Old
board door to kitchen.

Appears as the Black Bear in Mrs G Linnaeus Banks 'God's Providence
House', see Shotwick Hall (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SJ3376371820

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26605005

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability