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| HER Number | MWB20726 |
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| Record Type | Building |
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| Name | The Gun, 142 Andover Road, Newbury |
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Summary
Locally listed 19th century public house, still in operation in the 21st century, rebuilt by local architect James Money in 1880-81 but on the site of an earlier establishment
Monument Type(s):
- INN (18th century to Late 19th century - 1755 AD (pre) to 1880 AD (pre))
- PUBLIC HOUSE (Late 19th century to Early 21st century - 1881 AD? to 2050 AD)
Full Description
The Gun is shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1880 <1> and on subsequent historic and modern mapping. Historical pub research indicates that a public house with this name was in operation in 1830 (from Pigot's directory) <2>. Information received from David Peacock indicates that the local architect James Money, also responsible for the nearby Falkland memorial, rebuilt The Gun in 1880-81 <4>. A photograph in West Berkshire Museum shows the memorial with the Gun behind, in the late 19th or early 20th century <5>.
The name is presumably a reference to the Civil War battle of 1643 fought on Wash Common. There are earlier documentary references to the Gun in 1755 and 1761; possibly the establishment had 17th century origins but there is not clear evidence for this. The Gun was added to the Local List of Heritage Assets in 2012 <6>.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Landmark. 1872-85. Digital Ordnance Survey Mapping Epoch 1, 1:2500 (25 inch). Digital. 1:2500. Marked 'Gun (P.H.)'. [Map / SWB14341] |
| <02> | Wilding, K and Harris, S. Public Houses, Inns & Taverns of Berkshire. https://pubwiki.co.uk/Berkshire/. 18/12/2013. Newbury, Gun, 142 Andover Road. [Website / SWB148574]
https://pubwiki.co.uk/Berkshire/ (Accessed 08/02/2021) |
| <03> | Stokes, P. 2011. Enborne & Wash Common, an illustrated history. p48-49. [Monograph / SWB148364] |
| <04> | Peacock, D. 03/07/2016. Correspondence from David Peacock to West Berkshire HER about his research on James Money. 2016 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB149196] |
| <05> | Museum Curator. Newbury Museum Accession Records (West Berkshire Museum since 1998). 2022 WBC Network. NEBYM:1979.72.128. [Unpublished document / SWB14452] |
| <06> | West Berkshire Council. 2015-. West Berkshire District Council in partnership with the West Berkshire Heritage Forum - Local List of Heritage Assets. pdf online. 17/00011/LOCAL. [Unpublished document / SWB148860]
https://info.westberks.gov.uk/locallist (Accessed on 01/06/2022) |
Related Monuments
| MWB15762 | Newbury I Battlefield, 1643 (Landscape) |
| MWB15945 | The Falkland Memorial, Wash Common, Newbury (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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