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Crown Inn and Victoria Friendly Society Premises

A Grade II Listed Building in Blockley, Gloucestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.0113 / 52°0'40"N

Longitude: -1.7643 / 1°45'51"W

OS Eastings: 416273

OS Northings: 234788

OS Grid: SP162347

Mapcode National: GBR 4NV.YK9

Mapcode Global: VHB19.CQM0

Plus Code: 9C4W266P+G7

Entry Name: Crown Inn and Victoria Friendly Society Premises

Listing Date: 26 August 1983

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1341711

English Heritage Legacy ID: 126801

ID on this website: 101341711

Location: Blockley, Cotswold, Gloucestershire, GL56

County: Gloucestershire

District: Cotswold

Civil Parish: Blockley

Built-Up Area: Blockley

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire

Church of England Parish: Blockley St Peter and St Paul

Church of England Diocese: Gloucester

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Description


SP 1634 NW 9/15 BLOCKLEY HIGH STREET
(North-West side)

Crown Inn and
Victoria Friendly
Society premises
GV
II


Circa 1700. Two and a half storeys. Coursed, squared rubble, chamfered eaves
course. Slate roof with coped verges to right, ashlar chimney with moulded capping to
left, brick chimney to right of centre. Stone slates to rear. Two gabled dormers,
centre and left. Four windows on 1st floor, 3 on ground floor, 3-light mullioned
casements, drips on ground floor. Segmental keyed coachway arch to right for yard.
Entrance to inn now in coachway. Large taller extension to rear south-west with a
3-light mullioned window facing yard. Hipped former stair turret in centre. The
premises of the Victoria and Friendly Society, were established, see tablet, in 1837, and
form an Assembly Room extending beyond the Crown Inn: a large outbuilding of 2 storeys
in rubble with ashlar dressings and quoins; moulded eaves course, slate roof with
coped verges; 4 windows on 1st floor, glazing bar sashes; 2 segmental archways on
ground floor to left, presumably for storage and coaches. Still used for Mummers
plays etc after sale by Friendly Society in 1872.


Listing NGR: SP1627334788

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