Rushey Inn Cottages

SK 67 NE BABWORTH OLD LONDON ROAD ( west side )

7/11 Rushey Inn Cottages [Formerly listed as 1.2.67 Cottages (formerly Rushey Inn). ]

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3 cottages formerly Inn. Early C18, incorporating C15 core. Red brick pantile roof with brick coped gables, 4 brick ridge stacks and single gable stack. Dentillated eaves. L-plan, 2 storeys plus garret, 6 bays. 1st floor band. The centre 4 bays of 2 storeys only are recessed. Central 2 bays each with single doorways, having part glazed doors with plain surrounds flanked by single casements, The outer gabled bays each have a single casement.On the 1st floor are 4 similar casements, with a blocked window above the right hand doorway. The left gable has a blocked attic window, the right gable has a single small casement All casements have glazing bars and all openings are under segmental arches. The ground floor windows have had their openings altered. To the rights set back, is a lean-to with doorway. To line rear is a 6 bay wing, Margaret Tudor halted here,July 12, 1503, on her way North to marry James IV of Scotland.

Listing NGR: SK6741779872