Building record 1014700000 - 26 High Street, Winslow

Summary

Seventeenth century timber-framed inn known as 'The Sow and Pigs', refronted and extended in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and renamed the 'Kings Head', now a house

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1228140: NO 26 HIGH STREET

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Type and Period (2)

  • HOUSE (Modern to 21st Century - 1920 AD? to 2099 AD)
  • INN (18th Century to Modern - 1750 AD? to 1915 AD?)

Description

Grade II. House. Small C17 timber framed house, refronted and extended mid-late C18, with long C18-C19 range of former outbuildings to rear. Vitreous brick in header bond with red brick plinth,quoins and window surrounds. Moulded brick eaves. Old tile roof, flanking brick stacks, that to right with C17 thin brick. 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays. Ground floor windows altered to 4-pane sashes with gauged brick heads, originally narrower, First floor has 3-pane sashes with moulded frames. Gabled dormers with paired wooden casements. Central 4-panelled door in wooden surround of moulded pilasters and flat cornice hood on cut scroll brackets. Rear range has re-used C18 windows (B1).
The Sow and Pigs Inn is documented from at least 1753 to 1830, and The Kings Head from at least 1753 to 1911. Building has a trap door to cellar in pavement at front. Range at rear at right angles with side access (B2).
Formerly the Sow and Pigs. Destroyed by fire in 1775 and later renamed the Kings Head (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC19045 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Parishes of Drayton Parslow, Great Horwood, Little Horwood, Mursley, Nash, Newton Longville, Whaddon, & town of Winslow. p71.
  • <2>SBC24473 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 2010. Survey of Public Houses in the Parish of Winslow.
  • <3>SBC19641 Bibliographic reference: Terry Foley and Julian Hunt. 1997. Winslow. page 64, upper photo and caption.

Location

Grid reference SP 76996 27680 (point)
Civil Parish WINSLOW, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 2 2021 8:17PM

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