Description

STEEPLE ASHTON HIGH STREET
ST 9056
(west side)
13/257 The Longs Arms
11.9.68
GV II

Inn. Circa 1700, extended late C19. Limestone ashlar, stone slate
roof with coped verges and gable end paired stone stacks. L-plan.
Two-storey, 4-window. C19 single-storey addition projects to
front; central folding double doors, 4-light. mullioned and
transomed casement either side and cross windows to returns,
cornice to low parapet of flat roof. First floor has four ovolo-
moulded cross windows, lintel string course, cornice to plain
blocking course. Left return has three cross windows to ground
floor, string course and five cross windows to first, including
rear wing. Right return has blocked cellar window, inserted C20
casement, cross window with hoodmould to first floor.
Interior has C19 Gothic stone fireplace in bar to right of
entrance; with octagonal pilasters with cusped panels. Inn takes
its name from the Long family of Rood Ashton (q.v.) who owned much
of village until mid C20.

Listing NGR: ST9067156814

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26544522

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Recommended Books

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2