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Roebuck Inn

 

Picture source: Hania Franek


 
The Roebuck Inn was situated at 8-10 Cornmarket Street.  This pub closed in 1924 with most of the building demolished the following year with the facade of the first and second floors left intact. The building is grade-II listed with the ground floor used for retail. A pub has been on this site since the 1300s when it was known as Carys Inn, changing its name to The Coventry Inn in the 16th century, then finally The Roebuck in the early 17th century.
 

Listed building details:
C18. Timber-framed and plastered. 3 storeys and attic, Modern shop fronts to the ground floor. Above the front is divided into bays by pilasters, the windows being arranged 1-3-2-3-1, all sashes with glazing bars, the central pair appear only on the lst floor, the groups of three have pedimented heads on the central windows, also only on the lst floor. Parapet. Slate mansard roof with 1-2-1-2-1 dormers.
 
 

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Date of photo: 2016

Picture source: T C