Griffin Inn

SJ 2929 NW OSWESTRY C.P ALBION HILL (south side)

14/6 Griffin Inn - GV II House, now inn. Mid-C18 re-fronting of C17 building with later additions and alterations. Roughcast brick and painted ashlar facing to ground floor with chamfered angle quoins conceals timber frame, slate roof with prominent reddish brown brick ridge stack slightly to right of centre. 2 storeys, moulded wooden eaves cornice and moulded stone cill band; 3-window front, mid-C19 four-paned sashes in flush-framed moulded surrounds with projecting moulded keystones,similar lintels to blocked openings on ground floor to left and right of central entrance with C20 panelled door. 2-storey red brick range at right-angles to rear on left has two 16-paned glazing bar sashes with segmental heads and one 3-light leaded casement, tall brick ridge stack. Interior: timber frame (square panels) and chamfered ceiling beams exposed to ground-floor front rooms; rear range also has square panels to outer walls, entirely re-built after fire c. 1980; re-built inglenook fireplace at junction between ranges.

Listing NGR: SJ2912229730