George And Dragon Public House

GRAVELEY HIGH STREET TL 2327 (West side)

13/18 No. 19 - (George And Dragon P.H.)

GV II

House, now a public house. Late C17 or early C18, brick front mid C18, probably earlier used as coaching inn as it stands on the Great North Road. Timber frame roughcast over tarred brick sill. Dark weatherboarding to S side of rear wing. Front of plum brick chequered with blue headers, lighter red dressings and flat rubbed brick arches to both floors. Steep old red tile roof with rear catslide over outshut. A 2-storeys and cellar house on roadside facing E, with rear outshut integral, and 2-storeys gabled rear wing at lower level to NW. Symmetrical front has 3 windows to 1st floor brick band at eaves level below brick parapet, low plinth, and central entrance. Slightly recessed box sash windows with moulded trim and flat arches to each floor. Columned porch up 2 steps with triangular pediment and fielded 6-panel doors set between columns. Large elaborate scrolled wrought iron bracket and signboard. Stair turret with swept roof in angle with rear wing. Old photograph shows a 3-storeys front facade.

Listing NGR: TL2310527789