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Date of photo: 2014	© Copyright Neil Owen and licensed for reuse under thisCreative Commons Licence
The Angel was situated on The Green. This was a coaching inn from 1750, then a school boarding house from 1865-1999. It has now been converted to flats. It is grade-II listed.
In the mid-18th century, The Angel Inn on The Green was a major stopping place for coach drivers travelling between London and Exeter, or between Weymouth and Bath. The frontage is 18th Century, and to the rear was the stable yard and coach house. The sign above the door, which was uncovered in 1952, states “Licensed to let post horses”. An advertisement went on to say “Good post horses with careful drivers. Superior Clarences and Broughams for Hire. Neat Wines and Foreign spirituous liquors. Hearse and Mourning coaches. Extensive Stall Stabling – well-aired Beds” (for the horses??) It became one of the boarding houses for Sherborne School in 1865. It has now been converted into a range of private homes, retaining the classical Georgian character. The B&W photograph was taken in 1890 and shows the horse fair which was held annually up to the late 1940s.
Adrian Harding (February 2021)
Listed building details:
Formerly The Angel Inn. The building partly closes the vista at the top of Greenhill. Since 1865 a "House" belonging to Sherborne School. It consists of attached buildings of various dates, but the only part of architectural interest is the front facing west. This appears to be C18 with alterations. It is a 5 window stucco front. 2 storeys basement and attics. Slate roof with gable-ends and stone parapet coping, 2 dormers. Projecting Tuscan porch with flight of entrance steps. Round-headed doorway with fanlight; the inscription "Licensed to let post horses" written in frieze of entablature. The upper storey of the porch is a square bay having sash windows with moulded pilaster strips between them. Blind boxes to windows, cornice to head of bay. Other windows are C18 sashes, those to ls.L floor having shutters. At left hand side of ground floor there is a splayed bay with dentil cornice.
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Picture source: Adrian Harding