Description

BRIDGE STREET
1.
1594
(South Side)
Nos 3 to 7 (odd)
(The County Hotel)
SU 1429 NW 3/390
GV
II
2.
(No 3 is shop extending into ground floor of Barclays Bank). Long irregular
ashlar front in 2 parts. The eastern section circa 1908 Tudor. 2 storeyed
asymmetrical elevation. Main entrance in slightly projecting gabled bay.
Smaller stone faced gable over 1st floor window to right. 5 stone mullioned
leaded casements on 1st floor. Ground floor has plate glass shop window to
left (No 3). Large moulded basket handle arch to hotel entrance, cantilevered
hood. To right a large 4 light and a 3 light casement. Door to right with
depressed arch. 3 small stone mullioned lights set above with small stone
pediment over. The western and main part of the hotel is somewhat earlier
in date circa 1880-90, more elaborate Tudor-Jacobean treatment. Asymmetrical
2 storeyed elevation, return front to west. Moulded string between storeys
and plinth. Gable end tiled roof. Stone faced gabled dormers with finials
above eaves. Ashlar chimneys carried down into 1st floor and projecting on
stepped corbels, moulded shafts and caps. 2 and 4 light stone mullioned,
transomed windows with octagonal leaded panes on 1st floor. Ground floor,
large wood mullioned windows in basket arches. Door under elaborate crocketed
ogee arch. The return front has similar irregular fenestration and a slightly
taller projecting bay on 1st floor with large flattened oriel of 7 lights
stone mullions and transom, octagonal leaded panes, balustraded parapet. 4
centred arched entrance below with carved spandrels and drip mould.

Barclays Bank and Nos 3 to 7 (odd) form a group.

Listing NGR: SU1426429928

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26567150

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)