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The Chequers
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Date of photo: 2011 |
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Humphrey and licensed for reuse under this Creative
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The Chequers was situated at 35 HIgh
Street. This grade-II listed pub was
present by 1776 when the publican was Robert Wells. It closed c1890 and is
now in residential use. |
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Listed
building details: |
Mid-late C18 house. Gault brick with tiled,
mansard roof and end stacks. Two storeys and attics. Two dormers with
horizontal sliding sashes with glazing bars. Symmetrical elevation of three
flush frame hung sashes with glazing bars. Two original splayed bays with
similar windows on either side of central doorway in segmental arch.
Moulded doorcase and later panelled door. The outshut at the rear has been
rebuilt. Inside the details in the ground floor rooms are mainly of the late
C18 or early C19. |
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