Description

1. THE BROADWAY
5127
No 24
SU 4767 NW 4/54 29.9.50

II GV

2.
Circa 1734. Nos 24 and 26 were developed in similar style by John Carey; and
became part of the Bear Inn. Three storeys. Four windows. Double-pile plan with
hipped and gabled tile roofs at the rear. Tall brick stacks with moulded caps.
Multi-coloured stock brick. Brick dentil cornice and parapet. Moulded string at
2nd floor level breaking forward over 1st floor windows. Gauged flat red brick
arches to flush framed sash windows with exposed boxing and glazing bars. Late C19
shopfront. First floor front room with some reused C17 panelling. Sfter the closure
of the Bear Inn (before 1768), No 24 became part of Gale's Speenhamland Brewery and
from 1802-circa 1930 part of the Brewer's House of Adnam's Brewery. In the late
C19 the ground floor was used as the Bear Public House.
(Newbury Buildings Past and Present (1973) 5 and 7).

Listing NGR: SU4704667638

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26515206

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)