The Catherine Wheel

MARSHFIELD C.P. HIGH STREET (south side) ST 7773 13/123 No. 39, (The Catherine Wheel) (formerly listed as Catherine Wheel 17.9.52 Inn) G.V. II*

Burgess' house, now a public house. Circa 1680/90. Ashlar, painted on ground floor; double Roman tiled roof (slate to rear) behind fine balustraded parapet consisting of turned balusters and panelled pedestals; heavily moulded modillioned cornice. 2 storeys on plinth and cellars. 7 bays with chamfered end quoins and moulded string course over ground floor. 32-pane thick glazing bar sash windows on ground floor, 24 on first, in bolection moulded surrounds with moulded cills and plain aprons (2 on first floor are blocked). Central 6 panel door in bolection moulded surround and under finely carved shell hood on consoles, projecting iron lamp bracket. Projecting cast iron sign and bracket on the first floor. Large painted rubble, 2 storey and attic rear wing with four 2-light casement windows. Interior: moulded beams and fireplace in both ground floor rooms; the left room is fully panelled with large raised panels and bolection moulded surrounds, cupboards to sides of fireplace; central wide passage. An excellent local example of provincial baroque.

Listing NGR: ST7794273713