Description

GREAT MITTON SD 73 NW

12/95 Three Fishes Inn (formerly listed as Three Fishes Hotel) 16.11.1954 GV II

Public house, early-to-mid Cl9th. Pebbledashed rubble with modern tile roof. 2 storeys. Main part of building of 3 bays having sashed windows with plain stone surrounds. Between the 1st and 2nd bays is a door with plain stone surround. Above are 3 re-set medieval carved stones. The lower one has 3 blank cinquefoiled ogee arches in relief, with panel tracery above. The stone above has 3 carved fishes overlapping in a triangular pattern. The upper stone has a shield carved with a lion, within a cinquefoiled ogee arch. The right-hand part of the building, probably once a barn and stable, has a wide opening, now glazed, with stone surround and segmental head. Above is a sashed window with plain stone surround. Further right are a door with plain stone surround and a modern window with plain reveals. Above are 2 circular pitching holes, now glazed, with plain stone surrounds. No chimneys now remain, except for a truncated chimney cap on the left-hand gable.

Listing NGR: SD7143639007

External Links

• Three Fishes Inn official website
• Wikidata Q26327658

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