The Tall Ships Public House
THE TALL SHIPS PUBLIC HOUSE, 134, SOUTHGATE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1245631
- Date first listed:
- 15-Dec-1998
- List Entry Name:
- The Tall Ships Public House
- Statutory Address:
- THE TALL SHIPS PUBLIC HOUSE, 134, SOUTHGATE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1245631
- Date first listed:
- 15-Dec-1998
- List Entry Name:
- The Tall Ships Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE TALL SHIPS PUBLIC HOUSE, 134, SOUTHGATE 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 TALL SHIPS PUBLIC HOUSE, 134, SOUTHGATE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Gloucester (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 82858 18151
Details
GLOUCESTER
SO8218SE SOUTHGATE STREET 844-1/11/287 (West side) No.134 The Tall Ships Public House
GV II
Formerly known as: The British Flag SOUTHGATE STREET. Public house. Mid to late C19, on south-west corner of entrance to Docks from Southgate Street. Stuccoed brick with stone details, slate roof, two stuccoed stacks. Italianate style. Range to front with entrance in canted angle at the corner; lower wing to rear right. EXTERIOR: two storeys and cellar; the west and north fronts have offset plinths, raised band at first-floor level and moulded crowning cornice with parapet above; the entrance doorway is framed by a moulded architrave with a carved key stone in the lintel and pilasters with moulded brackets supporting a cornice; on first floor above the doorway panelled pilasters frame a window concealed by a sign; on the front in Southgate Street three plain sashes on the ground floor in plain stone frames with projecting and raised key stones in the lintels and projecting stone sills; on the first floor three similar but slightly smaller sashes in similar frames; on the front facing the entry to the docks a central projecting chimney-stack capped by a moulded cornice; on either side of the stack on each floor a sash in a frame matching the windows in Southgate Street, The wing at the rear has irregular fenestration with three similar sashes on each floor. On the parapet over the canted angle a wrought-iron frame with decorative brackets and cresting. INTERIOR: altered on ground floor. An externally complete public house of this date historically linked with and prominently sited close to The Docks (qv) to the north-west.
Listing NGR: SO8285818151
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 472513
- 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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