Building record 3980/11 - Rothwell Charter Inn (Formerly The Sun Inn)

Public house and adjoining cottage, now amalgamated. Late C18, early C19, with mid C19 rear wing. Ironstone and brick with limestone dressings and Welsh slate roofs.

{1} Public house and adjoining cottage, now amalgamated. Late C18, early C19, with mid C19 rear wing. Ironstone and brick with limestone dressings and Welsh slate roofs. Plinth, 4 brick gable stacks. 3 and 2 storeys, 4 bays, L-plan. Main south front has 2 tripartite C19 sashes and above, two 6/6 sashes. Above again, two 3/6 sashes, all with flat arches. Former cottage, to right, has a round headed doorway with rusticated quoins and fanlight, flanked to left by a plain sash. Above, two 6/6 sashes. All the sashes have flat arches. 3-bay rear wing has a central tripartite sash on each floor flanked by single C19 glazing bar sashes. The building adjoining to the left has been demolished.

{2} Public house and adjoining cottage now amalgamated. Late 18th, early 19th with mid 19th century wing. 3 and 2 storeys, 4 bays, L-plan.

{3} Sun Inn, Sun Hill. An inn named the Sun is in existence in 1830. On the Ordnance Survey map of 1887 the building is located on High Street / Wales Street. The building is still in use as a public house today. The building is a grade two listed structure.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 9/91 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), H13 p.58 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN100754.

<3> Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Rothwell (Industrial), (checked) (Digital archive). SNN100256.

<4> , 1926, Ordnance Survey 25 Inch Map Series (Map). SNN56010.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25 inch map series (Map). SNN55969.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1880, First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 Inch Mapping Series (24.08) (Map). SNN55941.

Record last edited

Sep 25 2020 1:39PM