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Date of photo: 2013	© Copyright Andrew Wilson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
The Cardinals Hat was situated at 268 High Street. This grade-II listed pub was present by 1521. Named after Cardinal Wolsey, Bishop Of Lincoln from 1514 to 1515.
This pub has now reopened - after a 200 year closure!
Steve Renshaw (October 2015)
Listed building details:
Formerly known as: The Cardinal's Hatte High Street. Public house, now offices. Late C15, restored 1952. Close studded timber framing with dressed stone and C20 brick underbuild, rendered nogging, plain tile and pantile roofs. 2 jettied floors, the upper one with a billeted bressumer, moulded angle shafts, diagonal braces and coved eaves. High Street front has a central recessed glazed door flanked by single glazing bar windows, all C20. Above, a continuous range of cusped leaded lights and a central square oriel window, 4 lights. Above again, 2 projecting leaded windows, 4 lights, and a replica wrought-iron sign bracket. South side, to Grantham Street, has a framed gable to the left with a central leaded casement on each floor. To the right, a stone rear wing, 3 bays, with C19 and C20 fenestration and a C19 doorcase to the right. Interior not inspected. This building was formerly the Cardinal's Hat Inn, and had a courtyard layout.
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