George and Dragon, Great Budworth

George and Dragon,
Great Budworth

George and Dragon, Great Budworth
Location Great Budworth, Cheshire, England
Coordinates 53°17′37″N 2°30′18″W / 53.2937°N 2.5051°W / 53.2937; -2.5051Coordinates: 53°17′37″N 2°30′18″W / 53.2937°N 2.5051°W / 53.2937; -2.5051
OS grid reference SJ 664 775
Built 17th century
Restored 1875
Restored by Rowland Egerton-Warburton
Architect John Douglas
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated 27 August 1986
Reference no. 1329885
Location in Cheshire

The George and Dragon is a public house in the village of Great Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1]

History

Great Budworth is a village that was formerly in the estate of Arley Hall. In the later part of the 19th century, its owner, Rowland Egerton-Warburton, undertook a "campaign to restore the village and render it picturesque in Victorian eyes".[2] The George and Dragon was at that time a simple three-bay Georgian inn. In 1875 Egerton-Warburton commissioned the Chester architect John Douglas to undertake the restoration. Douglas added tall rubbed chimneys, mullioned windows and a steep pyramidal turret.[2]

Architecture

The inn has three bays and is in two storeys. It is built in brick with a roughcast rendering on the upper storey. The roofs are hipped and covered in clay tiles. The central bay consists of a two-storey porch which projects forwards. Its lower storey has an elliptical-headed doorway, and in the upper storey is a four-light mullioned window. Each lateral bay has a four-light mullioned window in the lower storey and a three-light mullioned window in the upper storey. A tall rubbed brick chimneystack rises from the left side of the roof. Diagonally from the right corner is the inn sign. The cut-out pictorial sign itself originated in Nuremberg while its ornate wrought iron bracket was made by the estate blacksmith. On each side of the porch is an oak post-and-rail fence inscribed with a number of sayings. Above the inner door is a stone containing a verse written by Egerton-Warburton. Internally, in the bar, is a stone inscribed in Latin and the date 1722.[1]

Present day

The George and Dragon continues to trade as a public house and restaurant.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Historic England, "George and Dragon Inn, Great Budworth (1329885)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 1 August 2012
  2. 1 2 Hubbard, Edward (1991). The Work of John Douglas. London: The Victorian Society. pp. 92–93. ISBN 0-901657-16-6.
  3. ↑ George and Dragon, Onionring, retrieved 22 March 2011
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