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The Crown and Thistle Inn (EHER 25367)

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Summary

Late 15th/early 16th century timber framed buildings with attached 19th century flint and brick building.

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Location

Grid reference TL 5091 4277 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT CHESTERFORD, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX

Type and Period

Description

November 1951. Grade II listed. Late 15th/early 16th century timber framed buildings with attached 19th century flint and brick building. <1> NRHE data transfer: (TL 5092 4277 Sited from RCHME plan) The Crown and Thistle Inn, 300 yards E. of the church was built in around 1500, on a rectangular plan, but bay windows have been added in front, and a large modern addition made at the E. end . The stone fireplace of around 1500 deserves notice. The N. or main elevation is covered with 17th-century ornamental plaster and has a gable at the N.W. end. The back elevation has three gables, and the brick chimney-stack, which has two octagonal shafts with moulded caps and bases, is original. Inside the building, on the first floor, is a stone fireplace of c. 1500, with a square head, chamfered jambs and half-octagonal side shafts with moulded bases. <2> The Crown and Thistle Inn. Timber-framed and plastered building built in around 1500. Grade II (See list for details). <3>

Sources

  • <1> Webpage: Historic England. 2011. National Heritage List for England (NHLE).
  • <2> Monograph: RCHME. 1916. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume I, North-West. p.115.
  • <3> DESC TEXT: Department of the Environment. 1980. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Uttlesford. p.173.

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Other References

  • NRHE identifier: 878257
  • National Monuments Record: TL 54 SW 65

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