Description

TL 74 NE
18/62
19.12.61

CLARE
High Street (West Side) No 2 (Half Moon House) (Formerly listed as Half Moon Hotel)

GII
A C15 timber-framed and plastered building described in 1549 as "Le Moon Inn" and part of the lands of St Mary's Chantry. Two storeys and cellars, The upper storey is jettied on the front. Three window range, double-hung sashes with glazing bars, in flush cased frames. The door is C20. Tile building was re-roofed in the C17 when a roof of the present form, tiled and hipped with a moulded plaster eaves cornice, replaced an earlier double gabled roof. At the rear three gables project end an early C19 wing contains the remains of an inn gallery, enclosed and refaced in the C20. The interior has a good C18 staircase with twisted balusters and cut strings with consoles.Nos 1 to 8 (consec) with Nos 28, 29 and 31, all the listed buildings in Well Lane, Stone Hall and Nos 36 to 40 (consec) Nethergate Street form a group.

Listing NGR: TL7694645266

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26283130

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living