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| HER Number | MWB15947 |
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| Record Type | Building |
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| Name | The White Hart Inn, 24 Market Place, Newbury |
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Summary
Grade II listed former coaching inn, of 16th century origins but altered in 17th and 19th centuries
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Listed Building (II) 1210602: 24, Market Place
- Conservation Area: Newbury Town Centre
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Old Listed Building Ref (pre 1984) (II): ø 1/103 White Hart Inn
Probably originally C.16 altered in C.17 and in modern times. Three storeyed, partly timber framed, covered with modern stucco. The this storey in N. has three late C.17 three-light, mullioned and transomed wood casement windows, the centre lights of which have semi-circular heads. It is said that an old wood window frame, removed 1924-1925, was dated "1516".
Monument Type(s):
- COACHING INN (18th century to Victorian - 1752 AD to 1846 AD)
Full Description
Early 19th Century rebuild of the former Hart Inn (in 1627). By 1848 known as the White Hart Inn. Three storeys, double fronted with 3 windows <1>. A photograph in West Berkshire Museum shows a meeting to celebrate the opening of Newbury Museum in 1901 with the White Hart in the foreground <8>.
A copy of the deeds of White Hart House in 1787-1848 <3> shows it stretching along Newbury Wharf from the Market Place to Back Lane with two coach houses and three sets of stables.
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. ø 1/103. [Unpublished document / SWB10875] |
| <01> | Department of the Environment. 1974-2000?. DOE List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Unpublished document / SWB10006] |
| <02> | Unknown - Newbury Museum. ?. Coaching Inns - Speen and Newbury. [Unpublished document / SWB13471] |
| <03> | 1844. White Hart House. [Graphic material / SWB13491] |
| <04> | Money, W. 1905 & 1972. A Popular History of Newbury (also Walter Money's History of Newbury). P100. [Monograph / SWB11278] |
| <05> | The Borough Museum, Newbury. 1973. Newbury Buildings Past and Present. p6-8, 45, Illust p56, Map No 77. [Monograph / SWB12937] |
| <06> | Tyack, G, Bradley, S and Pevsner, N. 2010. The Buildings of England (Berkshire). p397. [Monograph / SWB147855] |
| <07> | Davis, Cornelius. 1849. Davis' Ten Miles round Newbury, 1849. Ref No 14 'White Hart Inn'. [Map / SWB13949] |
| <08> | Museum Curator. Newbury Museum Accession Records (West Berkshire Museum since 1998). 2022 WBC Network. NEBYM:1980.133.3. [Unpublished document / SWB14452] |
Related Monuments
| MWB3436 | CHEAP STREET/MARKET PLACE, NEWBURY (Monument) |
| MWB18278 | Site of building at 22 Market Place, Newbury (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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