Description

CORBRIDGE WATLING STREET
NY 9864 (North End)

21/209 Wheatsheaf Inn

GV II

Inn, mid-C18 altered and enlarged mid-C19. Squared stone with Welsh slate roof.
2 storeys + attic, 3 bays, symmetrical. 2 steps up to central panelled double
doors in moulded surround with pulvinated frieze and pediment. 4-pane sashes
with tooled wedge lintels and slightly-projecting sills, except for paired
plate-glass sashes to attic half dormers in end bays, with later roof dormer
between. Coped gables with moulded kneelers and finials to ends and half
dormers; twin stacks, with moulded band and cornice, on each return.

Rear wing altered and not of special interest.

Listed for townscape value, closing the vista at the end of Watling Street.

Listing NGR: NY9878664568

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26651769

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)