68, Marshfield Road

CHIPPENHAM

ST9173NW MARSHFIELD ROAD 930-1/5/143 (South side) 22/06/78 No.68

GV II

Part of an inn, now a house. Mid/late C17. Rendered limestone rubble, freestone rusticated quoins and architraves, double-Roman tile gambrel roof with a brick stack to the left gable end. 2-unit plan (probably with hall/kitchen to left of passage) with rear wing now No.70 (qv). EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attic; 2-window range. A 3/3-pane sash window to a small central raking dormer. Cyma-moulded mullions and surrounds stopped at the corners to 2-light windows with C19 plate-glass sashes to the 1st floor. The ground floor has a C20 door with a C19 4-pane overlight to the right and 2 C20 windows to left. The left return has a blocked stone architrave high in the gable end. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORY: this is recorded on a map of 1784 as part of the Horse and Jockey Inn. (Chamberlain, Joseph A: Chippenham: Chippenham: 1976-: 130).

Listing NGR: ST9148373774