Description

DUNCHURCH THE SQUARE
SP4871 (East side)
11/56 Forge Cottage and Guy Fawkes
04/12/51 House
(Formerly listed as No.7
Dunchurch Road (formerly Lion
Inn))
GV II
Shown on Ordnance Survey map as Guy Fawkes House.
2 houses, formerly The Lion Inn. C16, and C20 alterations and additions. Timber
framed: close studding with jettied first floor and tension braces, and
plastered infill. Small areas replaced with plaster. Right return side and rear
range to Daventry Road of brick. Old tile roofs; old internal brick stack.
4-unit through-passage plan with cross wing on right, extended to L-plan to
rear. 2 storeys and attic; 5-window range. Irregular front. Forge Cottage on
left has late C20 glazed door and flanking window. Plank door to passage to
rear. Guy Fawkes House on right has plank door. C19 and C20 two and 3-light
casements with glazing bars throughout. Rendered gable has small 2-light
casement. Right return side is a one-window range, 3-light casements, with brick
segmental arch to ground floor. Long lower windowless range to right. Interiors
not inspected. The Warwickshire conspirators are said to have waited in The Lion
Inn to hear the results of the Gunpowder Plot.

Listing NGR: SP4856571198

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26480801

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Recommended Books

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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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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)