Building record 1131300000 - THE WOOLPACK INN

Grade II. Public House. C17 altered and extended. Originally timber framed now mostly white painted brick with some exposed framing in gable end. RH part thatched with half-hipped gable, LH part old tiles, with brick stack at junction, another at LH end, 2 gabled dormers with sash windows. 1 storey and attic T shaped in plan. Gable end on RH has 3-light casement with segmental arch to ground floor, 2-light attic casement. LH part has slate roofed lean-to with 4 panelled door in centre having small timber hood. Shallow bay with barred sash window to LH, triple sash window to RH and 2-light casement on far RH. RCHM I p.282 MONS 6-10 (B1).
Badly damaged by a major fire on Sunday 26th April 2009, which rapidly spread through the thatched building (B3).
Re-construction work is planned (B2).
Building recording carried out by Cotswold Archaeology between May and July 2009 during consolidation and rebuilding work concluded that the southern thatched range was possibly of late 15th to mid 16th century date, originally a small open hall with wattle and daub or plaster panels, later rebuilt in brick. The roof appears to have been a collar and tie beam truss with clasped purlins. The north range was constructed in the 17th century against the earlier building. All original timbers were of elm, so dendro-dating was not possible. A watching brief during subsequent groundworks recovered a few sherds of residual medieval pottery from make-up layers for later floors and from a clay platform underneath the south range, which was found to be sealing a former recut ditch or watercourse. See report for detail (B4).