Description

TM 04 NE
6/160
9.12.55

SOMERSHAM
MAIN ROAD
The Duke of Marlborough Public House (Formerly listed as The Marlborough Head)

II

Public house, C15 with alterations of C17 and C19. In 2 sections: a long C15
cross-wing, gable-front to Chapel Lane; and a rebuilt C17 hall range reaching
to the junction of Main Road and Chapel Lane. 2 storeys. Timber-framed and
rough-cast; the wing has exposed tension-braced close-studwork, and has its
upper floor jettied on brackets. Plaintiled roofs; an axial C17 chimney of
red brick. Mainly C19 and early C20 casements. Boarded C20 Oak entrance door
at the cross-passage position. The C15 wing has heavy exposed framing with a
crown-post roof; the crown posts are rectangular with 2-way plank bracing.
The wing was extended to rear by 2 bays in C15 or early C16 (this section has
a pantiled coupled-rafter roof). Much remodelling including single-storey red
brick and pantiled extensions, in mid C19.

Listing NGR: TM0840748789

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26543546

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6