Description

1.
5403
TQ 2636 NE
5/26
21.6.48

HIGH STREET
(east side)
No 85 (Brewery Shades Inn) and No 87
(formerly listed as Nos 83 and 85 (Brewer; Shades Inn) and No 87, No 87A)

II

2.
The core of the building is a C15 hall-house of 2 bays, altered in the C17 when a
floor and chimney were inserted and 2 gables on to the street were inserted, and
again in the C18 and C19. Two storeys. Ground floor stuccoed. First floor modern
tile-hung. Tiled roof with 3 gables to High Street elevation, 2 to side elevation.
Mainly modern casement windows and modern shopfronts.
The main north and south range is timber-framed and retains a huge cambered tie-beam
resting on in-curving uprights and supporting short King-post, square in section, with
chamfered back and moulded cap carrying collar-beam and collar-purlins, the southern
of which is cut away. Timber-framing of the north wall of hall also visible
internally. The Public Bar has exposed square framing including an arch.

Listing NGR: TQ2680136711

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Brewery Shades at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4962694

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (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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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)