The King And Queen Public House

WHEATLEY HIGH STREET SP5905 (North side) 7/213 The King and Queen Public 18/07/63 House

GV II

Inn, now public house. Late C16/early C17, remodelled mid C18. Squared coursed limestone rubble and ashlar dressings; plain-tile roof and brick stacks. 4-unit main range with 2 rear wings. 2 storeys plus attics. 5-window front has centre bays breaking forward with 2 rendered gables, plinth and second-floor storey band, 2-light casements with keyblocks, and entrance to right of centre with wide triangular-pedimented architrave. Gables have 2-light casements. Bay to right of break has stone flat arches; bay to left has 3-light stone-mullioned window at first floor with ovolo mouldings and label,and a similar 2-light window below has been blocked by a 4-light casement. Left end gable has a stone parapet and brick stack, and one bay to right is a large stack with 2 diamond shafts. Lower irregular rear wings have casements and dormers. Interior: Tudor-arched moulded stone fireplace in main range and large open fireplace with bressumer in rear wing. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol V, p.109).

Listing NGR: SP5954605751