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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559513

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings