Black Horse Inn

NORTH NIBLEY BARR'S LANE ST 7495 (west side) 10/97 Black Horse Inn 23.6.52 II

Coaching inn. Early C18; extensive early C19 additions; C20 alterations. Roughcast render to front and sides, coursed limestone rubble to rear; ashlar limestone and brick chimneys; stone slate roof. Long 2-storey range with attic; 2-storey block at rear. Front: 3 gables with mixed fenestration, generally single-window to attic in gables and 2-window below. Sashes are mix of early Cl9 6-pane and later C19 4-pane; some C20 small-paned casements. Central gable has long hoodmould to upper floor and hoodmould to attic sash in gable. Single attic sash in left gable also has hoodmould in imitation of the others. Two C20 gabled porches toward centre of elevation. Single ridge-mounted brick chimney between centre and right gables. Tall ridge-mounted ashlar chimneys with left-hand gable between indicate extent of early C19 addition to this range. Rear: parallel-roofed early C19 addition with segmental-arched casement fenstration. To right of this full attic gable to rear of main range. Building stands at focal point of central village cross-roads.

Listing NGR: ST7407095812