Description

ST5516SNE YEOVIL CP HENDFORD (East side)

8/25 No 7
(The Three Choughs Hotel)

30.5.74

GV II

Hotel, probably always a hostelry C18, refronted in 1845 and altered again
later. Ribbon pointed squared local Stone having ashlar quoins to corners, with
Welsh slate roof between coped tables, and brick chimney stacks. Entrance
elevation of 3-storeys in 7-bays: central doorway (3 steps up, doors modern)
slightly recessed in rusticated segmental archway with stone and cast iron
balcony over, supported on stone brackets, and C20 portecochere, Plinth now part
buried. Ground floor has sash windows of 16 fairly large panes; first floor
windows have 12-panes and second floor 9-panes each: all set in simple
architraves: the exception is the central lst floor window which has French
doors and is surmounted by a flat hood supported by console brackets. Interior
not inspected. On prominent corner site; the South Street elevation incorporates
a tablet inscribed "C.M. 1724".

Listing NGR: ST5554715917

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26309469

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)