Description

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SU 8604 NW
4/124

EAST STREET (south side)
No 92, Former Royal Arms Public House

(Formerly listed as No 92 (The Royal Arms Public House also known as Ye Olde Punch House), previously listed as No 92 (Ye Olde Punch House))

5.7.50.

II*
C18 front to an Elizabethan building of timber framed construction (said to date from 1591 but possible with an earlier core). Steeply pitched tiled roof with hip at western end. Two flat roofed dormers with glazing bars. Three storeys and attic. Stuccoed. Moulded cornice with modillions below eaves.

Stuccoed front: first and second floors overhang supported by Doric columns with moulded frieze below the overhang. One window and three-light canted bay window on first and second floors; bay window has sash windows with flush boxes and flat arches and glazing bars intact. One sash window to the east on both floors; windows in reveals with flat arches and glazing bars intact. The ground floor comprises a shop front of circa 1800 flanked on either side by doorways. Shop front comprises an oriel window with five canted sides; glazing bars intact. On the eastern side and in recession, two doors with six panels, some moulded panels, each door with a rectangular fanlight over. In the west, three steps leading up between the columns previously mentioned to a modern glazed door with rectangular fanlight with tracery over; a door of similar design immediately adjoining to the west.

Inside, in the front room on the first floor a fine late C16 plaster ceiling said to have been erected by Italian craftsmen. Carved wooden bracket in kitchen on south side of first floor.

Listing NGR: SU8609104793

External Links

• Wikidata Q17531133

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide