The George And Dragon And Number 83 (Court Cottage)

SK39NE 4/96 29.3.68

WENTWORTH MAIN STREET (south side) The George and Dragon and No 83 (Court Cottage)

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Public house and dwelling. Mid C17, C19 alterations and additions. Coursed, squared sandstone now partly rendered; stone slate roof. Double-depth plan with additions to front right, right return and rear left. 2 storeys, formerly with attic. Twin-gabled east front retains most early features. Three 1st-floor windows. Large quoins. chamfered plinth, stepping down at central doorway. C20 part-glazed door in moulded, quoined, surround with Tudor-arched lintel and keystone. Double-chamfered and mullioned windows: window to right, originally 4-light, only retains central mullion. To left of door a large casement in altered surround: sill lowered, concrete lintel. Continuous dripmould steps up over door lintel. 1st floor: single-light window above door with intact 3-light window to right and casement in altered surround to left; dripstones. Blind 2-light attic windows with dripstones. Shaped kneelers and ashlar gable copings. Courtyard front: two 1st-floor windows. Rendered. Plinth, stepping down at doorway to right of centre and at position of former doorway to left. 6-panel door in chamfer-stopped surround with arched lintel and remains of keystone, surround obscured by rendering. Flanking windows have projecting sills, 16-pane sashes and plain lintels. Large iron lantern over door has decorative cast-iron bracket. 1st-floor windows as ground floor. Brick end stack to right, another stack to left set behind ridge. Range of buildings attached to front right not of special interest.

Listing NGR: SK3853498217