Description

Probably early 19th century. 2-storey, 5-bay, gabled inn with 2 round-arched doorways and small ornamental wallhead stack. Roughly coursed squared sandstone. Eaves course. Regular fenestration with raised plain painted ashlar window and door margins. Timber-panelled doors with fanlights.

Timber sash and case windows with plate glass glazing at ground floor and 4-pane glazing at first floor. Coped ashlar gablehead stacks with buff clay cans. Grey slate roof.

Statement of Interest

An attractive, little-altered inn occupying a prominent position at the centre of Newcastleton and making a positive contribution to the streetscape. It appears as The Grapes Inn on Ordnance Survey maps from the first edition onwards. Newcastleton was laid out from 1793 by Henry, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, to his own plan, as a centre for handloom weaving.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q77780578

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)