Description

TL 1821 ST PAUL'S WALDEN HIGH STREET
(North side)
Whitwell

12/141 The Bull P.H. (formerly listed as
27.5.68 "The Bull Inn")

GV II

Inn, now a public house. Early C17, mentioned as the Bull Inn 1675, late
C17 brick rear wing at NW, alterations and E extension 1814 when bought
by Henry Crabb, brewer of Hitchin. Timber frame roughcast with steep red
tile roof, painted brick extensions, that at E with hipped roof. A tall
2-storeys and attics building facing S, fronting the street, with
jetties at 2 levels. 2 canted oriel windows to 1st floor step out to
support gabled dormers above the eaves with 2-light leaded casements.
Transomed windows to ground floor flanking central door. Foliated
bracket at E end of jetty. Inn Sign carried by very large gallows-like
oak bracket on front with cusped brace. Old prints show a sign on a beam
with end posts spanning the road. Very large internal chimney near E end
with axial shaft above roof with 3 flues. Projecting large W gable
chimney with 2 square shafts set diagonally. Long single-storey and
cellar wing at rear. Vast catslide rear roofslope with gabled stair
turret in middle. Exposed timbers inside and large open fireplace at E.
(Branch Johnson (1962)109: Pevsner (1977)405).

Listing NGR: TL1859721076

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26630551

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)