White Horse Inn

MORETONHAMPSTEAD THE SQUARE (south side), SX 7586 Moretonhampstead 8/172 White Horse Inn - GV II

Public house. Circa 1840-50 with slightly later C19 addition to right and late C19 rear wing. C20 interior alterations and rear additions. Roughcast stone rubble with stuccoed details, originally entirely stuccoed. Bitumen coated slate roofs with gabled ends. Rendered stack at left-hand gable end with cornice. Brick stack at right-hand gable end. Original plan was principal room on either side of entrance. The carriageway to right with a room above was probably a slightly later addition. Late C19 rear wing. Rear yard roofed over and ground floor partitions in original range removed in C20. 2 storeys. Almost symmetrical 5-window range, wider spaced to right over carriageway. The facade has moulded plinth, heavy moulded stucco cornice and stuccoed parapet with coping. All 12-pane sashes with later louvred shutters. Ground floor left 2-light sash. Over the 2-central windows a stuccoed hoodmould. Over the carriageway and right-hand window a heavy moulded stuccoed cornice. Doorway to left of centre has fielded and moulded 6-panel door with rectangular overlight and C20 wooden canopy. Late C19 gabled dormer to right. A largely unaltered C19 facade in a prominent town centre situation.

Listing NGR: SX7531486019