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Latitude: 52.093 / 52°5'34"N
Longitude: 0.0731 / 0°4'23"E
OS Eastings: 542115
OS Northings: 245880
OS Grid: TL421458
Mapcode National: GBR L8L.M9P
Mapcode Global: VHHKN.6NZC
Plus Code: 9F4233VF+66
Entry Name: The Chequers Inn
Listing Date: 22 November 1967
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1128099
English Heritage Legacy ID: 52938
Also known as: Chequers
The Chequers, Royston
ID on this website: 101128099
Location: Fowlmere, South Cambridgeshire, SG8
County: Cambridgeshire
District: South Cambridgeshire
Civil Parish: Fowlmere
Built-Up Area: Fowlmere
Traditional County: Cambridgeshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire
Church of England Parish: Fowlmere St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Ely
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22.11.67
FOWLMERE
HIGH STREET
(North Side)
The Chequers Inn
GV
II
Inn. Late C15 or early C16 with C17 additions. Inscription below jetty 'ANO
DOM 1675 WT'. Timber-framed and plastered with tarred brick plinth, C20
plain tiled roofs. Rectangular planned painted brick stack to left hand;
red brick ridge stack to right hand. Two storeys and cellar main range
includes three bays of an original jettied building; one storey and attic
range to east, formerly the C17 kitchen. Three gable extensions to north.
Main entrance approached by three steps with four-panelled C19 door and
moulded wooden architrave. Large three-light transomed window to right hand
and canted hung sash bay window to left hand; one first floor twelve-paned
hung sash window, and two horizontal sliding sash windows above the jetty.
Jetty fascia moulded with three jetty brackets. Lower range to east with
three small windows. Interior: painted clunch arcade of ten trefoiled
arches above fireplace; ogee-moulded ceiling beams. Samuel Pepys stayed at
the inn in 1660.
V.C.H., Vol. VI, p.156
R.C.H.M. Report 1950
Listing NGR: TL4211545880
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