Black Dog

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ST5445 TOR STREET 662-1/5/319 (East side) No.18 Black Dog

GV II

House in row. Late C16 origins with C19 facade. Local stone rubble, roughly coursed clay pantiled roof with coped gable to south, abutment to north, brick chimney stack. Originally a 3-unit cross-passage plan with stack backing onto passage and services integrated into adjoining property; small wing to rear left. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 4 bays, varied fenestration. Lower bay 2 has a 16-pane sash window under a timber lintel, the remaining windows mostly plain casements with single horizontal glazing bar, of 3 lights to upper bay 2 and both levels bay 4, and 2-light upper bay 1, the windows to bay 3 both cross-glazed casements. To lower bay 1 a chamfered 4-centre archway with shaped C19 six-panel door, footscraper to right. INTERIOR: single depth, 2 rooms, with some later subdivision. The ground floor has some stone flagged flooring, and large chamfered and stopped beams, and at first floor are 3 collar trusses with chamfered and tenoned in-line purlins and pegged through principals. One upper room has a small stone fireplace with ovolo-mould surround, and 6-panel early door. Staircase is a transverse C20 flight. The property was once owned by the Dean and Chapter, and records are said to date from 1558. The name presupposes a former inn. (Hale B: Vernacular Architecture Group Report: 1986-).

Listing NGR: ST5534045908