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| HER Number | MWB16729 |
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| Record Type | Building |
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| Name | The Bacon Arms, Speenhamland, Newbury |
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Summary
Grade II listed 18th century coaching inn, still a hotel in the 21st century
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Listed Building (II) 1211514: BACON ARMS HOTEL
- Conservation Area: Newbury Town Centre
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Old Listed Building Ref (pre 1984) (II): 2/263 Bacon Arms Hotel
late C.18. Two storeys and attic, colourwashed brick. Five sashes, all 3-light save for alternate ones. Brick eaves, modern tile roof with five modern dormers. Segmental headed carriage arch with left hand return side with three part doorway with semi oval fanlight and side lights, canted sashed bay adjoining.
Monument Type(s):
Full Description
The Bacon Arms may have origins in the 17th century although it dates predominantly from the late 18th century and was remodelled in the 19th century <1><2>. Its name derives from the Bacon family whose principal seat was at Elcot <3>.
Sources and further reading
| <00> | 1950-83. Buildings included in the statutory list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest, pre Review. WBC Network. 2/263. [Unpublished document / SWB10875] |
| <01> | Department of the Environment. 1974-2000?. DOE List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Unpublished document / SWB10006] |
| <03> | Money, W. 1905 & 1972. A Popular History of Newbury (also Walter Money's History of Newbury). p97. [Monograph / SWB11278] |
| <03> | The Borough Museum, Newbury. 1973. Newbury Buildings Past and Present. p6-8, 95, Illust p111, Map No 37. [Monograph / SWB12937] |
| <04> | Unknown - Newbury Museum. ?. Coaching Inns - Speen and Newbury. [Unpublished document / SWB13471] |
| <05> | Tyack, G, Bradley, S and Pevsner, N. 2010. The Buildings of England (Berkshire). p405. [Monograph / SWB147855] |
| <06> | Thatcham Historical Society. July 2007. Journal of Thatcham Historical Society. Volume 1, Number 1. p19-43 Survival and Loss: Buildings of the Coaching Trade in Newbury, Part 1 by Sue Broughton. [Article in serial / SWB147687] |
| <07> | Davis, Cornelius. 1849. Davis' Ten Miles round Newbury, 1849. Ref No 40 'Bacon Arms Inn'. [Map / SWB13949] |
| <08> | The Tate. Digitised collections from the Tate Archive. http://www.tate.org.uk/art/archive/collections. Photographs taken by John Piper. [Website / SWB149075]
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/archive/collections (Accessed 15/08/2016) |
| <09> | Long, R. 1996. Ancient Berkshire Inns and their Stories. p59. [Monograph / SWB149511] |
| <10> | Wilding, K and Harris, S. Public Houses, Inns & Taverns of Berkshire. https://pubwiki.co.uk/Berkshire/. 18/12/2013. Newbury, Bacon Arms Hotel. [Website / SWB148574]
https://pubwiki.co.uk/Berkshire/ (Accessed 08/02/2021) |
| <11> | Dearing, J. 2013. A Directory of Berkshire Brewers. 4th edition. 2019 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB149933]
https://reading.camra.org.uk/history (Accessed on 15/06/2021) |
Related Monuments
| MWB3464 | SPEENHAMLAND, Newbury (Place) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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