Description

SHERSTON CHURCH STREET
ST 8485-8585
(east side)
8/75 The Rattlebone Inn
GV II

Inn. C17 with later west addition and C19 alterations. Squared
and coursed rubble with flush rusticated dressed stone quoins,
wooden lintels and gabled stone slate roof with east end brick
stack and central ridge stone stack. Two-storey, 4-window north
front. All windows are 2 and 3-light C19 casements; cambered-
headed relieving arch over ground floor window to left. Doorway
off-set to left with C20 plank door. Corner additions to left with
C19 fenestration. The inn derives its name from the local Saxon
hero Rattlebone who fought for King Edmund Ironside against Canute
at Sherston in 1016. The building occupies an important site at
the entrance to the market place.

Listing NGR: ST8539085959

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Rattlebone Inn at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26495034

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