Description

WANTAGE MARKET PLACE
SU3987NE (West side)
9/121 King Alfred's Head Public
House

GV II

Inn, now public house. Early C18. Random bond yellow brick, red brick quoins and
dressings; C20 tile roof; brick stacks. L-plan. 2 storeys; 5-window range.
Concrete lintel over paired sashes flanking C20 door. First floor has keyed
gauged brick semi-circular arches over early C18 sashes; string course at impost
level. Gabled roof; gable end stacks. Outshut of similar materials to rear. To
rear left is early C18 three-storey, 4-window range of Flemish bond brick with
flared headers, and with hipped old tile roof and brick ridge stack; segmental
arches over 2 second-floor and one first-floor early C18 sashes, 4 late C18
sashes and C20 door. To right of front is 3-storey cross wing of Flemish bond
yellow brick with red brick quoins and dressings; flat brick arches over mid C19
sashes and one early C18 sash to right. Interior: Chamfered and stopped beams to
ground floor.

Listing NGR: SU3973787944

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• King Alfred's Head Public House official website
• Wikidata Q26494548

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  For the Record
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]