Description

WORCESTER

SO8554NW FRIAR STREET
620-1/17/304 (West side)
22/05/54 Ye Olde Talbot Hotel
(Formerly Listed as:
FRIAR STREET
(West side)
Old Talbot Inn)

GV II

Formerly known as: No.14 SIDBURY.
3 houses, now hotel. Probably c1500-99 with later additions
and alterations including refronting c1800 and range to rear
c1970. Timber frame with stucco arcades and plain tile roof.
L-plan. 2 storeys with attic, 9 first-floor windows. All
windows are 6/6 sashes in near-flush frames except two to each
floor at right are 8/8 sashes in plain reveals and with sills.
To centre, ground floor a shop front with pilasters ans
frieze, now bricked in and incorporating entrance a glazed
door with blind overlight. Embattled low parapet conceals roof
dormer. Exposed square panels of timber framing and wall plate
to right return.
INTERIOR: wall to right retains small square panels of timber
framing including main post. A wealth of chamfered beams and
rafters, many of which are probably imports.
HISTORICAL NOTE: room to rear at right said to have held
Worcester assizes. Reputed to have been the headquarters of
Charles II during the Battle of Worcester.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669281

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Recommended Books

• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide