London Inn

STOKE FLEMING THE STREET SX84NE STOKE FLEMING 6/163 London Inn 7.3.89 GV II

Public house. Probably C18, remodelled in circa early C19. Rendered stone rubble; slate hipped roof with red clay ridge tiles and deep eaves at the front. Two lateral stacks at the back, one has been truncated below the roof, the other at the left hand end has late C19 brick shaft. Plan: Situated at right angle to the road. L-shaped plan originally with 3 rooms in the front range and an entrance to the right of centre. The centre and right hand rooms were heated from lateral stacks at the back and the left hand room has a stack at the left hand end. There is a service wing at the rear of the left hand end and a large outshut in the angle behind the main range with a wide doorway onto the road; this is said to have been the farrier's shop. The ground floor partitions in the front range have been removed and it is now one large room (bar). Exterior: 2 storeys. 1:3 window front, the 3 right hand windows are asymmetrically arranged about a central doorway which has a round head, semi-circular fanlight and a C20 panelled door. All the corridors are C19 12-pane sashes. Similar sash on the ground and first floor of the right hand gable end facing the road. At the back there is a hipped roof wing and a large outshut with a lean-to slate roof and a wide doorway in the end onto the road. Interior: Only the ground floor of the front range was INSPECTED. the partitions have been removed to form one large room, the bar of the public house. There are no visible early features in this part and the fireplaces have been blocked.

Listing NGR: SX8626248417