Building record 1399600000 - 6 & 8 High Street North

To the north of the church and churchyard are a group of early 19th century buildings, the library (formally The Old ‘Bull and Butcher’ Public House, known locally as ‘The Bull’) with its coach entrance through to the rear and No. 8, next door, an elegant double fronted town house (1831). Local Building of Note within the Conservation Area of Stewkley (B1).
The Bull (also known as the Bull and Butcher) opened in 1832 and closed in 1963. The building has its main elevation to High Street North. Early C19. Two bays, two-storey, archway to rear yard with room over, single storey rear extension. Red-brick construction in Flemish bond, south gable end rendered and painted. Gabled roof slate covered, north gable attached to adjacent building ‘The Vines’, rear extension has clay tiled roof. One chimney at end of north bay. Central door to west elevation with timber hood supported on wooden brackets. Two bay windows either side of door with two sash windows over and sash window over archway, two horizontal sliding windows of two lights, each of nine panes, in rear elevation. Metal bracket for former pub sign (now removed). When closed as pub in 1963, the building became the village library and doctors’ surgery until 2006. At time of survey [June 2011] it was in process of conversion to residential use (B2).