Old Crown House

SP 7627 NE WINSLOW MARKET SQUARE (west side)

7/193 No. 11 (Old Crown House)

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GV II

House. Late C16, altered and re-fronted late C18. Interior shows timber frame. Front has colourwashed render to ground floor, roughcast above with smooth render quoins. Tiled roof with ornamental bands of grey and shaped tiles. Central gable has original carved bargeboards. Small brick chimney to left. 2 storeys and attic, 2 bays. Ground floor has paired barred sash windows and wooden entablature on Doric pilasters. First floor has tripartite sashes, one 4-pane sash in attic gable. Interior: house is 2 rooms deep with double-sided chimney stack to centre. Ground floor fireplace in front room has moulded stone jambs with slender shafts, and timber lintel with moulded Tudor arch. C17 panelling with carved foliage frieze in same room. First floor front room has fireplace with moulded stone Tudor arch and C18 panelling above. Frame of original window to rear of room. Spiral staircase. Attic landing has C17 splat balusters. Ground floor has wooden Doric column to front left. At one time a public house.

Listing NGR: SP7693227568