Description

FEERING FEERING HILL TL 8619-8719 (south-east side)

8/102 The Old Anchor Public House

GV II

House, now public house. C15 and C16, altered in C20. Timber framed, plastered with some exposed imitation framing, some painted brick, roofed with handmade red plain tiles and red clay pantiles. Main range facing NW with axial stack at right end. C15 2-bay crosswing to right, projecting to front, with C20 external stack to right. 2-bay crosswing to left, date indeterminate, and early CL9 stable range to rear of it, now incorporated in public house, and C20 extension beyond. C20 extension along full length of rear of main range and right crosswing. Main range, right crosswing and stable range of one storey with attics, left crosswing of 2 storeys. Ground floor, 4 C20 casements. First floor, 2 late C19/early C20 casements and one more in gabled dormer. One half-glazed door with lean-to canopy. One plain door with overlight and sidelights. Late C19/early C20 jetty and brackets on right crosswing. Concertina shafts on axial stack. The left return (facing Inworth Road) of the former stable range is of painted brick on the ground floor, exposed imitation framing above, with a halved pitching door to the loft. The right crosswing has a chamfered binding beam with step stops (and C20 foliate carving), plain joists of horizontal section jointed to it with unrefined soffit tenons, some heavy studding exposed, some early C17 oak panelling made up with C20 imitation work. Rear studding of ground floor removed. The main range is on a parallelogram plan, with chamfered transverse and axial beams and chamfered joists of horizontal section jointed to it at an angle; joists mainly original in front half, mainly C20 replacements in rear half. Rear studding of ground floor wholly removed. Wide wood-burning with hearth facing to left, with 0.23 metre jambs and chamfered mantel beam with plain stops, and arched recess in rear. Much imitation framing and introduced timber in left crosswing and former stable range.

Listing NGR: TL8715419597

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)