Description

CHIPPENHAM

ST9173SE HIGH STREET
930-1/9/42 (South side)
19/05/77 Nos.2 AND 3

GV II

Hotel, now shops. c1835. Limestone ashlar with part-rendered
rubblestone to the rear wing, double-pitched slate roof with
moulded ashlar stacks and stone coping to gable ends.
Double-depth plan with rear left wing.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 8-window range. Chamfered arrises to a
wide semicircular-arched carriage entrance one-and-a-half
storeys high (now glazed), which is flanked by full-height
splayed pilasters with pyramidal caps above the blocking
course. A 1st-floor band is at impost level. Above the arch a
3-light window with semicircular-arched lights and 4/4-pane
sash windows has a sill band spanning the central bay. To the
right is a semicircular-arched doorway (now a window) below a
shallow splayed oriel window with similar but taller windows.
To the 1st-floor left are paired plate-glass sash windows
below a bracketed cornice. The cornice and blocking course
span the facade, to the centre is a raised plaque "1835".
The rear wing has a roof hipped to the rear and a blank ashlar
wall to the left with 16 iron rings for harnessing horses.
The right-hand wall is rendered with a planked door to a
gabled loading bay, a 3-light window to the left with
12/12-pane sashes, other C20 windows and doors, and 4
harnessing rings to the right.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORY: mentioned in 1703 as formerly known as the New Inn.
(Chamberlain, Joseph A: Chippenham: Chippenham: 1976-: 130).

Listing NGR: ST9198473309

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558444

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)