Description

DYMOCK THE VILLAGE
SO 63 SE (south side)

4/126 The Old George, Butcher's Shop,
Great Wadley

GV II

Former Inn, now house, shop and house. Probably all early C19.
Brick, English garden wall bond to plinth, Flemish bond above:
tiled roofs. 'L'-plan, 2-storey wing on left projecting to road, 3
storey set back on right, 4 windows wide. Facade to road: on
right single-storey projecting garage and long, shallow steps not
of special interest. High plinth: 6-panel front door at top of
steps, upper fielded, bottom 2 flush, semi-circular fanlight with
radiating glazing bars: fluted Doric pilasters each side, each
with separate cornice: open floor to pediment, mutules on soffit.
Either side 16-pane sash, rubbed brick arch. First floor similar
windows each side, ordinary sash in centre with rubbed brick arch;
date plaque '1884 B' between 2 left windows, significance not
clear. Second floor shallow windows, 8 pane sash either side, 6 in
centre; timber fascia: ridge chimney on left and on right gable.
To left shop, of same build: tall, 6-pane window, rubbed brick
arch on ground floor. In corner, stable door up 4 stone steps,
bottom 2 fielded panels, top 6 glazed panes: cambered brick arch.
First floor 3-light casement, iron-opening light, cambered brick
arch. Second floor flat-headed 3-light casement: eaves as house
on right, at same level: chimney on left gable. Projecting wing
(Old George), right return with boarded door to cellar, cambered
brick arch. Ground floor, at rear, 2-pane sash, rubbed brick arch.
Above 2-light mullion and transom window, flat head. Dentil eaves.
Front: ground floor: canted bay, 16-pane sash, flat, lead roof.
Above 4-pane casement on left, 16-pane sash with flat head over
bay. Dentil eaves, hipped roof, extending on narrow lean-to on
left, of same build. Entrance to projecting wing on left return.
Forms group with The Old Cottage and Ann Cam's School (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SO6982531394

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26449912

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]