Ferry Inn

NOTTINGHAM

SK53NE MAIN ROAD, Wilford 646-1/7/818 (West side) 13/12/49 Ferry Inn (Formerly Listed as: MAIN ROAD, Wilford Ferry Inn (formerly listed in the Urban District of West Bridgford))

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Public house. Late C17 and early C18, with alterations and additions C19 and C20. Brick painted and rendered, with substantial remains of timber framing, and slate and plain tile roofs. Rendered plinth. The building comprises 2 houses and an adjoining outbuilding, joined end to end. Central range, C17 and C18, 2 storeys, 2 window range, has brick front with dentillated eaves. Low pitched slate roof with gable stack. Renewed segment-arched casement, 4-lights, with shutters. Above, 2 glazing bar casements, 3-lights, late C18. At the rear, 3 irregular bays of box framing with diagonal braces and mid rail, and brick nogging. Right range, late C17, has gabled and hipped plain tile roof with an off-centre ridge stack. Opposite the stack, a gabled porch, mid C20, with a small window to left and a Yorkshire sash, 3-lights, to right. Beyond, single storey additions, mid C20. Above, to right, a C19 casement. Former outbuilding, to left, early C19, has a hipped slate roof. On the street side, a segment-arched loft door. INTERIOR has exposed joists and lintel in the centre range, and span beams and a single post, possibly resited, to the right. This building may have served as the rectory before c1720. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London: 1979-: 272; Wilford Parish Magazine Oct 1992: Rev. P Newton).

Listing NGR: SK5674637821