Ye Olde Talbot Hotel

WORCESTER

SO8554NW FRIAR STREET 620-1/17/304 (West side) 22/05/54 Ye Olde Talbot Hotel (Formerly Listed as: FRIAR STREET (West side) Old Talbot Inn)

GV II

Formerly known as: No.14 SIDBURY. 3 houses, now hotel. Probably c1500-99 with later additions and alterations including refronting c1800 and range to rear c1970. Timber frame with stucco arcades and plain tile roof. L-plan. 2 storeys with attic, 9 first-floor windows. All windows are 6/6 sashes in near-flush frames except two to each floor at right are 8/8 sashes in plain reveals and with sills. To centre, ground floor a shop front with pilasters ans frieze, now bricked in and incorporating entrance a glazed door with blind overlight. Embattled low parapet conceals roof dormer. Exposed square panels of timber framing and wall plate to right return. INTERIOR: wall to right retains small square panels of timber framing including main post. A wealth of chamfered beams and rafters, many of which are probably imports. HISTORICAL NOTE: room to rear at right said to have held Worcester assizes. Reputed to have been the headquarters of Charles II during the Battle of Worcester.