Description

TQ 34 SE
9/191

LINGFIELD C.P.
GODSTONE ROAD
(PLAISTOW STREET)

The Old Cage Public House

GV
II

Public House and Restaurant. C17 extended in C18 and restored in C20. Timber
framed with colourwashed brick cladding below, rendered above, painted tile
hung gables to plain tiled roofs; hipped on rear. Rear valley stack to left
and stacks to left side. Originally two houses joined and extended at right
angles to street, 1 storey and attic under 2 gabled casement dormers with ridge
cresting, flat roofed single storey extension to ground floor. Leaded casement
windows to ground floor, one 3-light and 2 single light windows to centre and
left of centre, curved 8-light shop window to ground floor left. Boarded extension
to ground floor right with ribbed door to left end. Left hand return front:-
(street front) - projecting C19 front across ground floor with two 21 pane shop
windows to centre and right, one 15 pane window to left. Part glazed doors to
right and left ends.

Interior:- Some traces of original framing remain although much altered.

Included only for group value as a prominent building adjoining the Village
pond and centre.

Listing NGR: TQ3851543613

Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)