Description

WYMONDHAM

TF1001 MARKET STREET
655-1/8/119 (North side)
29/12/50 No.29
White Hart Inn

II

Public House. Early C17 timber-framed inn, probably
immediately after fire of 1616, with a mid C18 saloon and
brick facade. Pantiled roof, black glazed to front. 2 storey
facade in 7 bays plus bay over segmental carriage entrance to
west (left). Doorway in third bay (from left) entered through
double-leaf 3 panel doors. Eared surround and open pediment.
Ground floor sashes under segmental gauged skewback arches
with painted keystones. First floor sashes with square heads.
All sashes with mid C18 glazing bars and flush frames. Gabled
roof with internal gable-end stacks and ridge stack left of
centre. Rear with a mid C18 rendered 2 storey gabled cross
wing to east (the saloon) lit through 3 late C20 windows at
first floor. Ground floor with various C20 additions.
INTERIOR. Original timber building was one room deep, the
upper rear wall of which survives internally, pierced by a
2-light ovolo-moulded casement and a renewed open 3-light
window. Ground floor with one sunk-quadrant bridging beam to
west with jewelled tongue stops. A further beam to the east
has polygonal tongue stops of Market Cross design. First floor
with jowled principal studs, tension braces to corners and
sunk-quadrant bridging beams. Outshut at east end replaced mid
C18 with saloon. 2-storey interior with wall niches to north,
south and east walls, the last round-headed, the others arched
with open pediments. Both types have fluted pilasters.

Listing NGR: TG1098401520

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• White Hart Inn official website
• Wikidata Q26513021

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)