The Feathers Hotel, Bull Ring, Ludlow, Shropshire.
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member greysman
N 52° 22.117 W 002° 43.054
30U E 519229 N 5802075
Two plaques give some of the history of this old building.
Waymark Code: WMZ3WD
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/06/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
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There are two blue plaques on the early C17th frontage of this Grade I listed building. The left-most plaque reads:-

                       Feathers Hotel
                     An older building was enlarged
                         and refronted in 1619.
                    It was the home of Rees Jones of
                    Pembrokeshire, an Attorney at the
                         Council of the Marches.
                         His initials are on the
                               lock plate.

The right-most plaque reads:-

                       Feathers Hotel
                          Became an inn c.1670
                      Much altered in the mid-19th
                      century when the balcony was
                        added for electioneering.
                     Has been called 'a treasure of
                         a house, inside and out'.

Words from British Listed Buildings and Ludlow Civic Society.

The flamboyant early C17th front is on an earlier house formerly belonging to Thomal Hackliut – Secretary to the Council of the Marches and relative of the author of ‘Voyages and Discoveries, PRINCIPAL NAVIGATIONS, VOYAGES, TRAFFIQUES & DISCOVERIES OF THE ENGLISH NATION' and Elizabethan best seller in 1520, Richard Hakluyt. More:- Hakluyt

Built of timber-frame and plaster and brick with a double-depth plain tile roof, with three gables to the front with brick end stacks to the rear. It's a three-bay plan with three-storeys and cellar and a three-window range. The bays have moulded and carved mullions and transoms, cast diamond glazing all set in quarter braced framing.

The second floor is jettied on moulded bressummers on enriched consoles. There is a larger bay to the left, all have enriched quarter bracing. The three gables have arch-motif and enriched barge boards and pendants.

In the off centre porch are enriched pillars and consoles supporting the first floor balcony which has pierced spot-balusters, the door is C17th with studded planks in an enriched case with overlight. This is flanked by C20th bays two to the left and one to the right, also to the right a chevron braced panel with casement, all under a moulded bressummer to the first floor. The right return continues the main features of the front.

The passageway towards the rear at the north end of the site has restored studding with passing brace, and leads to the yard, a C20th entrance and C19th and C20th range.

INTERIOR: the ground floor room to the right of the entrance has panelling, mantelpiece and wall paintings. The first floor rooms have panelling, fine plaster ceilings and oak overmantels. There is also much exposed timber-framing and many ceiling beams.

It was rebuilt in 1619 for Rees Jones, a Pembrokeshire attorney at the Court of the Marches, who had married the daughter of Edward Waties, owner of the Feathers site. It did not become an inn until 1670. The present entrance with gallery over, dates from the mid 19th century, when the Feathers was used for electioneering meetings and candidates spoke from the gallery.

Blue Plaque managing agency: Ludlow Civic Society

Individual Recognized: The Feathers Hotel.

Physical Address:
The Feathers Hotel
Bull Ring
Ludlow, Shropshire United Kingdom
SY8 1AA

Web Address: Not listed
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