Wild Boar Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1986. Public house, restaurant.
Wild Boar Inn
- WRENN ID
- winding-step-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1986
- Type
- Public house, restaurant
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wild Boar Inn is a public house and restaurant dating from the 19th century, with significant additions made in the early 20th century. It is constructed of timber framing with rendered brick additions. The building is three storeys high, with a four-storey tower.
The front facade features a central two-storey portion to which a third storey was added in the early 20th century. A single-storey wing has been added to the left, with a further storey above, alongside a mid-to-late 19th century wing on the right. The central portion has three bays, with a chevron pattern to the ground floor. A door is located on the left, with a projecting porch with moulded decoration to the right. There are three four-light mullioned windows with transoms above the door. A coved jetty extends from the first floor, featuring decorative quatrefoils to the lower row of panels and chevron patterning above. Two five-light coved oriels are located to the left, with a five-light window to the right. Further coving to the second floor incorporates decorative brackets, quatrefoils, and quarter circles to the small framing. A window of eight lights with mullions and a transom is on the left, and a similar window of seven lights with two transoms is on the right. Each window has a gable with decorated small framing and bargeboards. An octagonal lantern with a double-pitched copper spire is set to the ridge on the left.
To the left is a two-storey wing with a rendered plinth and five and three-light mullioned windows. The first floor has four-light mullioned windows, with a projecting jettied central portion supported on decorated figurehead brackets. This central section contains a four-light mullioned window with transom and a circular window above. An octagonal belvedere sits above, with heavy moulded posts to the corners, arched openings between, and an ogee dome with a weather vane. A short single-storey wing connects to the mid-to-late 19th century two-storey rendered wing, featuring two ground floor bays and three first-floor three-light casements. A gabled projecting wing is set to the right, with decorated timber framing to the gable and bargeboards. A tower with a hipped roof is situated on the left side of the building.
The rear central block has a recessed bay with a tripartite ground floor window of four lights, with two to either side, all mullioned with a transom. A five-light first floor window sits above. A jettied second storey is prominent, with a seven-by-three pane window featuring decorative quarter circles to the gable and bargeboards. To the right of this, the ground floor has two four-light windows with mullions and transoms, and a porch with quatrefoil decoration. The first floor has two coved oriel windows of five lights, each with a transom. The second floor features an eight-light window with mullions and two transoms, with decorative framing to the gable and 19th century decorated bargeboards.
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