Description

TL 6221 GREAT DUNMOW HIGH STREET (E side)
8/44 Boar's Head Public
24.10.79 House No. 37

GV II

Public House. C14, C16 and C19. 2 storey, timber framed and rendered with
4 gabled peg tile roofs. Front has 2 gables each with a double hung sash window
with g.b.'s and moulded architraves on each floor. Off-centre, early C19
pilastered doorcase with flat hood and old iron hanging sign brackets. C19
cusped decorative bargeboards to each gable and 3 gault brick stacks, 2 of which
project through the flank roofs. Elevation to White Street has 3 similar double
hung sashes and northwards projection of rear block. Interior reveals evidence
of 4 builds. Formerly jettied crosswing on NW corner with included cross
passage with wide stud spacing remnants of window in rear and heavy 'knee-like'
bracing to tie beam. C16 hall range parallel to street frontage with original
floor on moulded inpost, formerly jettied to front and roof rebuilt to form
gable. NE block is c.1500, floored with dragon beam and was formerly jettied
on E and S faces. Heavy crown post roof with 4 way bracing and chamfered post
and long curved braces to tie beam. Similar to rear structure at Chequers P.H.
S.E. corner block is C19 extension.

Listing NGR: TL6282021870

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26613592

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)