Description

SK 13 SE PARISH OF SUDBURY MAIN ROAD
3/44 (North Side)
5.2.52 Vernon Arms Hotel and attached
stables.
GV II

Public house and stables. 1671 and C18. Red brick with sandstone dressings, plain
tile roofs with two large brick ridge stacks. Chamfered stone coped gables with
ball finials. Flush stone quoins. Two storeys with stables behind enclosing a
courtyard. Symmetrical nine bay south elevation, centre bay advanced and gabled,
and projecting gabled outer bays. Central carriage entrance with segmental arch.
Rusticated stone piers, moulded imposts, keystone and voussoirs. Flanked on each
side by three 2-light recessed and chamfered mullion windows. First floor has
a central 3-light mullion window flanked on each side by two similar 2-light windows
either side of a 3-light window. Centre window has a moulded hoodmould, and in the
gable a sash panel with a relief of the Vernon arms. Projecting outer bays have
two 2-light mullion windows to ground floor and a similar 3-light window above with
moulded hoodmould. Small slit window in the gables. Gables have ball finials,
between them are two roof dormers with hipped roofs. Above the central arch are a
C19 wrought iron bracket supporting the sign, and two lamps on cast iron brackets.
West elevation has two tiers of 2-light recessed and chamfered mullion windows and
two roof dormers. Range of C18 stables behind with central carriage arch in line
with carriage arch from street range. Interior has stud partitions and a staircase
with splat balusters.

Listing NGR: SK1606932062

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26563810

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Recommended Books

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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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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)