The Castle Inn is a Grade II* listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1952. Public house. 6 related planning applications.
The Castle Inn
- WRENN ID
- white-groin-nettle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1952
- Type
- Public house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Castle Inn, formerly known as Edge Hill Tower, is an ornamental sham castle that now serves as a public house. It was built around 1746-1747 and features mid to late 19th-century additions. Designed by Sanderson Miller for himself, the building is constructed from ironstone ashlar. The roof of the tower is not visible, while the 19th-century additions have hipped tile roofs and brick lateral and ridge stacks.
The structure includes an octagonal tower with a 19th-century wing to the left and additional rear extensions. It is designed in a castellated Gothick style, with five storeys on the front and six at the rear due to the steeply sloping site. A single-storey addition at the front has a shallow gable, a moulded cornice, and a solid stone roof. The pointed arched doorway features a 20th-century door. The first floor has a cinquefoil window, while the second floor displays corbels that once supported a bridge to a gateway, which is now a separate structure. There is an ogee arched doorway set within a round arch, topped with a shield, and featuring a 20th-century plank door. The building includes lancets, moulded four-centred lancets with glazing bars, and two-light windows with Y-tracery. The right return side has a blind quatrefoil on the ground floor, and the rear has canted sides with blind cross-slits on the first floor. The tower is topped with machicolated battlements.
The 19th-century wing is two storeys high with a three-window range. The entrance on the right has a pointed arch and a plank door, with a double-chamfered lancet above two-light windows that have plate tracery and a blind quatrefoil in the outer chamfered order. The wing features a crenellated parapet. The left return side has a one-window range with similar tracery, and a further two-window range is set back with an arched doorway and lancets.
Inside, the ground floor remains unaltered, while the second floor of the tower is noted for its octagonal room with Gothick plaster decoration.
The Castle was part of Miller's development of his Radway Grange property, which also included the construction of Egge Cottage, forming a cohesive group.
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- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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