George and Dragon Public House
83, CASTLE STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1355860
- Date first listed:
- 28-Feb-1952
- List Entry Name:
- George and Dragon Public House
- Statutory Address:
- 83, CASTLE STREET
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2000-06-11
- Reference:
- IOE01/02483/09
- Rights:
- © Mr Brian Harvey. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1355860
- Date first listed:
- 28-Feb-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 12-Oct-1972
- List Entry Name:
- George and Dragon Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- 83, CASTLE STREET
- Statutory Address 2:
- 87, CASTLE STREET
- Statutory Address 3:
- GEORGE AND DRAGON PUBLIC HOUSE, 85, CASTLE 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:
- 83, CASTLE STREET
- Statutory Address:
- 87, CASTLE STREET
- Statutory Address:
- GEORGE AND DRAGON PUBLIC HOUSE, 85, CASTLE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Salisbury
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 14362 30340
Details
CASTLE STREET 1. 1594 (West Side) No 83 No 85 (George & Dragon Public House) No 87 (including former No 1 Avon View) SU 1430 SW 1/285 28.2.52. II* GV 2. Early C16 possibly one house originally. 2 storeys and attic timber framed. lst floor oversails partly on moulded bressumer. Plastered and stuccoed, Gables to the "George and Dragon" and to No 87. Old tile roof. C19 barge boards on shaped brackets to gable of No 87. Irregular fenestration: 2 attic casements and 4 windows 1st floor casements and sashes, some C18, glazing bars. On ground floor No 83 retains frame of early C19 shop front with thin flanking pilasters and moulded cornice, fascia board added. The George and Dragon on ground floor has from left to right, a panlled and glazed door, rectangular fanlight, flanked by narrow sash windows with thin pilaster frame - a canted bay window with 2 fixed and central sash lights glazing bars - passage entrance to right with moulded oak frame. 4-centred arched head and moulded spandrels. No 87 has a late C19 shop front. In the adjoining passage leading to Avon View qv, timber framing in north wall of No 87 is exposed: blocked ogee headed door and window frames. An early C19 2 storey red brick wing with flush framed sash windows, glazing bars, links No 87 with the former No 1 Avon View now part of same premises. This is a probable C17, 2 storey timber framed cottage with brick infilling. 2 casements, hood to plain door. There is a cambered tie beam in the east wall internally. The rear of No 85 has tile hung gables. Part of the roof structure survives to Nos 83- 85 and 87 with intermediate trussed collars, tie beam, inclined braces clasped purlins, part of windbrace.
Nos 77 to 87 (odd), No 2 Avon View and Nos 91 to 95 (odd) form a group.
Listing NGR: SU1436230340
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 318911
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 26-Jun-2026 at 17:50:32.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.