Description

TL 6222 GREAT DUNMOW MARKET PLACE (N side)
7/76 The Star Restaurant
7.2.52 (formerly listed as
The Star Inn)
GV II

House. C17 and C18, timber framed. 'U' shaped courtyard group. Main
front block, facing Market Place, is of 2 tall storeys with a half hipped
gambrel peg tile roof with 3 gabled casement dormers. Thin plaster cornice
like band and large moulded plastered name panel with scalloped corners. First
floor has 4 double hung sash windows with small panes and moulded surrounds.
Off-centre late C18 doorcase with open pediment with scroll brackets with
diamond motif, thin pilasters, rectangular fanlight and 4 panel door. 2 double
hung sashes to L of door and one to R with small panes and moulded surrunds.
Behind NE corner fronting North Street, a storey gabled peg tile roofed block
in render, with 2 slated lean-to bay window either side of red brick stack and
oriel casement window over. Mixture of sashes and casements in N end wall and
black weatherboarded gabled wall to N end. Main block has big red brick stack
on rear. Behind NW corner and fronting Star Lane, is a single storey, peg tile
roofed and gabled block, with render over tarred weatherboarding and one gabled
casement dormer. Behind this a further single storey block with gabled slate
roof and tarred weatherboarding. Rear block to NE has remnants of single
storey timber framing of C16/17 with jowled posts.

Listing NGR: TL6269922085

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26435255

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)