Description

1.
944 HIGH STREET
(South West Side)

Nos 44 & 45
(Queen Elizabeth's Guest Chamber)
TR 1457 NE 4/67 3.12.49.

II GV

2.
Originally the Crown Inn, Elizabeth I entertained the Duc d'Alencon here
in 1573. Late C16. 3 storeys and dormers with hipped tiled roof having
3 C18 hipped tiled dormers. The 2nd floor is pargetted to represent rusticated
masonry and has 3 sashes with glazing bars intact set in moulded architrave.
Flanking these are 2 plastered panels dating from 1663 with blank shields
surmounted by crowns and roses and thistles, There are 2 central panels
depicting a putto astride a barrel drinking wine, and bunches of grapes.
The 1st floor is partly plastered and partly timber-framed with herringbone
brick infill. This floor has continuous segmental-headed mullioned windows
with leaded lights and also 2 plastered bays with round-arched leaded lights.
The ground floor has later shop fronts. The interior has a fine plastered
ceiling on the lst floor with various motifs. This room was the Solar of
the Crown Inn in tile C16. Part of the staircase is original.

Nos 37 to 46 (consec), Nos 48 & 49 form a group.

Listing NGR: TR1488857804

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17557218

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)