The Shakespeare Public House
THE SHAKESPEARE PUBLIC HOUSE, MILL STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1185000
- Date first listed:
- 20-May-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Shakespeare Public House
- Statutory Address:
- THE SHAKESPEARE PUBLIC HOUSE, MILL STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1185000
- Date first listed:
- 20-May-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Shakespeare Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE SHAKESPEARE PUBLIC HOUSE, MILL STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE SHAKESPEARE PUBLIC HOUSE, MILL STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Warwickshire
- District:
- Stratford-on-Avon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Harbury
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 37175 59961
Details
HARBURY MILL STREET SP3759 (South side) 13/98 The Shakespeare Public House
GV II
Public house. Right part mid/late C16; left part mid C18. Early/mid C19 addition to left. Right part timber framed: close studding with small framing above and plastered and whitewashed brick infill, on high squared coursed stone plinth. Left part of squared coursed stone. Addition of stone with brick first floor. Whitewashed throughout. C20 tile roof has stone coped gable parapet to left; stone and brick ridge and C20 brick left end stack. Addition has slate roofs. 2-unit, formerly lobby-entry plan, extended to 4-unit plan. 2 storeys; 5-window range. Right part has blocked central doorway. C20 glazed door to right. Fixed light window. C19 two-light casement with glazing bars in heavy wood frame to left. First floor has two 2-light casements with many glazing bars. Left part has late C20 plank door and hood. Small C19 canted bay window to left. Two 2-light windows with cross glazing above. Addition has blocked segmental-arched doorway. Ground floor and one-storey left part have C20 three-light casements with glazing bars. 2-light first floor window. Blackened wood lintels throughout. Rear largely hidden by C20 single-storey additions. Interior: 2 open fireplaces back-to-back. One has chamfered cambered bressumer, the other has ogee stop-chamfered bressumer. Chamfered ceiling beams.
Listing NGR: SP3717559961
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 307095
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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