Description

MALMESBURY

ST9387 HIGH STREET 758-1/4/148 (East side) 29/01/71 No.20 (Formerly Listed as: HIGH STREET No.20 George Hotel)

GV II

Inn, now veterinary surgery. C16 origins, front range rebuilt late C18. Coursed limestone rubble with a brick stack and a hipped stone slate roof. PLAN: U-shaped plan with rear wings flanking a through-passage. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; 3-window range. A symmetrical front has quoins, a central segmental arch to a cobbled through carriageway, shallow bays each side with overhanging first-floor bays above, with paired 6/6-pane sashes, paired second-floor horned 6/6-pane sashes, and to the centre a segmental-head to first-floor 8/8-pane sash, and second-floor 6/6-pane sash, all with exposed boxes. C16 N and C18 S ranges project at the rear, the S range with 8/8-pane and 10/10-pane sashes and a pair of brick side stacks. INTERIOR: altered mid C20; details include a covered flagged through-passage to the rear courtyard, collar truss roof with butt purlins and diagonally-set ridge between overlapping trusses. The N wing in 3 sections, the middle one single storey with a re-set C16 moulded stopped beam, the rear one with C16 collared trusses.



Listing NGR: ST9334387151

External Links

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