Description

DOLTON

FORE STREET (north side), Dolton

SS 5712
14/76
21.2.77

Union Inn

GV
II

Inn. C17 with early C19 addition. Plastered rubble and cob walls. Gable-ended
slate roof. Taller range has brick stack at left gable-end and rendered rubble
stack with brick shaft at right gable-end, rear lateral stack to lower range.
Plan: original plan not entirely clear but earlier range is to right consisting of
1 main heated room and very likely extended at its right end but it may have been
truncated or rebuilt at the left end in the early C19. This newer block has a
symmetrical 2-room and central entry plan.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Taller C19 block to left has symmetrical 3-window front of
early C19 16-pane sashes and 2 contemporary bay sash windows on ground floor.
Central pilastered doorcase with C19 panelled double doors with rectangular fanlight
and C19 iron lamp above. The lower C17 range to the right has asymmetrical 4-window
front of late C20 1, 2 and 3-light casements with C19 plank door to left.
Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS5715912193

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26398569

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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