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Great White Horse Hotel
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Hania Franek |
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The Great White Horse Hotel was situated at 43
Tavern Street. This grade-II* listed pub
was originally known as The Tavern and closed in 2008. Guests have included
Lord Nelson, Charles Dickens (on several occasions) and the Beatles. It is now used as a branch of Starbucks. |
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Originally a C16-C17 timber-framed
building refronted in the early C19. It was made famous as the inn in
Dicken's "Pickwick Papers". The present front is of grey gault brick with a
parapet and a rusticated stucco ground storey. 3 storeys. 7 window range on
the Tavern Street front and 2 window range on the Northgate Street front. A
3 storey wing of 5 window range extends north with a further, later, 2
storeyed wing of 7 window range at the north end in Northgate Street. All
windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars, in painted reveals, with
stuccoed flat arches. The ground storey has stucco doorway with wide
panelled pilasters, Ionic plain columns in antis and a cornice on paired
brackets with a figure of a white horse above. Roofs slate. Part of the
original internal courtyard has been glazed over and pant of it has been
preserved in the present lounge. It has some original windows, double-hung
sashes with glazing bars and small panes, one oriel bay window and some
exposed timber-framing. |
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Picture source:
Hania Franek |
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Picture source: Hania
Franek |
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Picture source: Hania
Franek |