Description

SO5287
1312-1/15/171
15/03/74

MUNSLOW
Crown Inn Public House

II

Public House, former Hundred House. Mid C18, with earlier,
probably C17, core. Painted brick with floor bands, painted
timber frame to rear and gable end. Plain-tiled roofs with
brick coped parapet gables and cogged brick eaves, painted
stone rubble extensions. Central stone chimney with axial C19
brick upper shaft, projecting stepped brick gable-end stack to
right. Rectangular 3-unit plan parallel to road, with wings to
rear.
EXTERIOR: south-east front is an asymmetrical 3-storey,
6-window range of segmental-arched openings, with three 8/8
sashes with moulded cases and 3 blocked windows at the upper 2
levels, ground floor with 4 sashes of varying sizes, plain
doorway at head of straight flight of steps on first floor,
later doorway and gabled porch to ground storey with
4-panelled and boarded door.
Left return side: lower storeys covered by painted stone
rubble lean-to extension, casement in top storey. To left is
single-storey and attic painted brick rear gabled extension
wing.
Right return side: lower storey covered by single-storey
rubble stone extension with projecting gabled roof and flat
roof to rear, central projecting stack, top floor with C20
casement and framed truss of tie beam, vertical strut and
collar to right of stack only.
Rear: partly covered by later lean-to extensions and with
small square-framed gabled outshut at upper-storey level.
INTERIOR: chamfered bridging beams. Large chamfered mantelbeam
with C17 carving featuring cockerels.

Listing NGR: SO5211987377

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26663258

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