Angel And Royal Hotel

HIGH STREET 1. 1146 (East Side) Angel and Royal Hotel SK 9135 NW 8/49 8.5.50 I 2. One of the few remaining English medieval inns. Late C14, 2-storey, stone, stone slate roof, good medieval front to street with original window, buttresses, panelled parapet, carriageway on right with well-carved demi- angel corbel above supporting oriel window, the windows have been fitted with modern sashes, On the back, on north side of yard, long range of late C18 date. 4-storey, brick with square-headed windows with shaped tone arches with keystones, glazing bars, parapet. 2 Rain water heads dated 1776. The range on the south side of the yard has been rebuilt at the west end, but east end is late C18, brick, 3-storey with parapet; 5 windows with flat stone arches with keys and shaped tops, flush frames, glazing bars. Low stable range cast of south wing late C18; brick, pantile roof; 4 arched windows with semi-circular heads. Note. Headstops of carriage-arch (much weathered) said to be Edward III and Queen Philippa. Interior has vaulted soffit to bay window on ground floor with carved boss with Pelican. C18 staircase. King John said to have stayed here. Richard III signed the death warrant of the Duke of Buckingham here. The Angel was illustrated in Pugin's "Contrasts". Photographs in N.M.R.

Listing NGR: SK9136335970