Feathers Hotel

LUDLOW

SO5174 BULL RING 825-1/1/186 (East side) 15/04/54 Feathers Hotel

GV I

Hotel. Early C17 front to earlier core. Timber-frame and plaster; brick; double-depth plain tile roof, with three gables to front; brick end stacks to rear. 3-bay plan. 3-storeys and cellar; 3-window range: bays with moulded and carved mullions and transoms, with cast diamond glazing, set in quarter braced framing; 2nd floor, jettied on moulded bressummers on enriched consoles, has larger bay to left; enriched quarter bracing; 3 gables have arch-motif and enriched barge boards and pendants. Central entrance, in porch with enriched pillars and consoles supporting 1st floor balcony with pierced spot-balusters, has C17 studded plank door, in enriched case, with overlight; flanked by C20 bays and further bay to left, and to right, chevron braced panels with casement; under moulded bressummer to 1st floor. Right return continues main features of front. Passageway to rear has (restored) studding with passing brace, and leads to yard; C20 entrance, and C19 and C20 range. INTERIOR: ground floor room to right of entrance has panelling, mantelpiece and wall paintings; 1st floor rooms have panelling, plaster ceiling and overmantel; much exposed timber-framing and ceiling beams. Firemark. (Lloyd D: The Feathers: 1986-).

Listing NGR: SO5124474755