Description

CORFE CASTLE THE SQUARE (North side)
SY 96 82
7/124
The Greyhound Inn (formerly
20.11.59 listed as Greyhound Hotel
GV
II
Inn, originally 2 houses. C17, altered in C18 - date stone on porch IC 1733.
Colourwashed rubble stone walls with some brick repairs, stone slate roofs, brick
end and centre stacks. 2 storeys and attics. The left house has a 2-storeyed
projecting porch, open on ground floor, on 3 circular stone columns. Part-glazed
door. Ground floor has 2 sashes with vertical glazing bars, under segmental arches.
First floor has 2 similar sashes without arches. In each face of porch, on first
floor, a sash with vertical glazing bar. Fire Insurance plaque on porch. Attic
has 2 gabled dormers with casements with centre horizontal bar. The right house
has a 2-storeyed projection at the right end - this also originally open on ground
floor - now infilled, with a part-glazed door under flat hood on shaped brackets
in left side wall. In front wall, ground floor has -one sash with vertical glazing
bars. Blocked window over. In main part of this house, ground floor has two
2-light sashes with vertical glazing bars. 2 similar sashes on first floor.
Attic has 2 gabled dormers with casements with centre horizontal glazing bar.
Internally, some exposed ceiling beams. (RCHM, Monument 15. Dorset. Vol. II).

Listing NGR: SY9604482106

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Greyhound Inn official website
• Wikidata Q26608827

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings