Description

WARE TOWN

TL3514SE HIGH STREET 829-1/9/122 (South side) 14/03/74 Nos.77, 77A AND 77B (Formerly Listed as: HIGH STREET No.77) (Formerly Listed as: HIGH STREET Nos.77A AND 77B)

GV II

Former inn range, now commercial premises. C15, with C17, C18 and C19 alterations. Stucco on timber framework, old tiled roof with 2 gables facing street. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. 3 first floor flush set sash windows with glazing bars, 2 in left, one in right gable. Mid C20 shopfront on ground floor, with large timber-framed plate glass display window, recessed entrance at right, and weatherboarded flanking panels, and deep fascia. Carriageway at right with exposed beams above. Rear outshoot 2 storeys, C16 and C17, timber-framed, plastered, with old tiled roofs. Sash and casement windows, modern glazed entrance door and sidelight on ground floor, modern 3-light small paned casement in gable, C19 altered single storey south wing. INTERIOR: opened out on ground floor, with exposed studwork indicating two 2-bay structures side by side. First floor has exposed braced tie-beam truss over carriageway, and 2 bay crown post roof above wing. Left hand range also has crown post roof above ceiling. Chimney at rear in narrow smoke bay, with C18 moulded fireplace surround on first floor. Rear outshoot also has 2 bay crown post roof, and wooden mullioned, unglazed window, now plastered over internally, on first floor below eaves alongside central tie-beam truss, indicating existence of upper open hall in rear range. Site of The Bell Inn, first recorded in 1479, later incorporated with the adjoining Star Inn, No 79 (qv). (Hunt EM: The History of Ware: Hertford: 1986-1946: 97; Perman D: 600 Yrs of Charity. A Brief History of the Ware Charity Trustees: Ware: 1991-: 8; Perman D: Ware UD. List of buildings of special arch or historic interest: 1993-: 34; Ware 25" to 1 Mile. Surveyed by the Ordnance Survey Department: 1851-).

Listing NGR: TL3569914323

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