Description

TL 17 SW SPALDWICK HIGH STREET
(North Side)

6/131 The George
21.7.51

GV II*

C16 and C17 inn, timber framed and plastered, plain tile roofs.
The earliest two storey building of hall and jettied crosswing
with half-hipped roof was extended in early C17 to west by a
further room and a gabled crosswing of two storeys with attics.
Crosswing linked by covered way at first floor level to late
timber framed barn to west. Central ridge stack to crosswing,
end stack to east and good, C17 ridge stack to main range with
two -shafts bridged by a round headed arch. Four first floor
windows include three horizontal sliding sash windows with
glazing bars. Four, three-light horizontal sliding sash windows
with glazing bars at ground floor with one small bay window.
Main entrance has half-glazed door, and panelled door to right
hand. Interior has large inglenook hearths moulded and stop-
chamfered ceiling beams. Wall paintings, possibly early C17 in
first floor room of four large figures dressed for hunting.
VCH (Hunts) p13. RCHM (Hunts) p244.
Norris Museum, St. Ives. Inskip Ladds Collection.
Pevsner: Buildings of England, p345.
Trans. Cambs & Hunts Arch Soc. Vol.VI, p49.

Listing NGR: TL1292272806

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17543995

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings