William Cobbett Public House Farnham, England
Listed Building Data
William Cobbett Public House has been designated a Grade II* listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1044674
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II*
- Date Listed
- 26 April 1950
- Name
- WILLIAM COBBETT PUBLIC HOUSE
- Location
- WILLIAM COBBETT PUBLIC HOUSE, 4, BRIDGE SQUARE
- Parish
- Farnham
- District
- Waverley
- County
- Surrey
- Grid Reference
- SU 84148 46523
- Easting
- 484148.1890
- Northing
- 146523.0500
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
- 1099 BRIDGE SQUARE (South East Side)
No 4 (William Cobbett Public House) (formerly listed as The Jolly Farmers and Bridge Stores, Firgrove Hill)
SU 8446 NW 6/120 26.4.50. SU 8446 7/120
II* GV
- The birthplace of William Cobbett. C17, 2 storey. Red brick on projecting plinth. String at lst floor level. Wood band at eaves and early C19 cut board caves pelmet. Old tile roof. Chimney to left hand, and stooped chimney to right hand of front in angle formed by projecting gabled wing of timber frame with plaster infilling (formerly Bridge Stores), old tile roof. Main front has 5 2-light leaded casements with early Cl9 lights of long diamond pattern. 2 5-light casements (originally probably 4 windows of 2 lights each and now joined up) and central half-glazed double doors under cantilevered flat hood. The right hand wing has a small central attic casement. 1 casement on lst floor. On ground floor, 3 small 2-light casement windows with frosted glass panes. Note: Illustrated "Country Life", July 3rd 1942.
The listed buildings in Bridge Square, Firgrove Hill (West Side), Red Lion Lane (North West Side) and Nos 57 and 59 Abbey Street, form a group.
Listing NGR: SU8415546523
