Stratford-upon-Avon - Garrick Inn & Harvard House High Street
Garrick Inn GV II*
Public house. c1596; facade heavily restored c1912, replacing
c1800 brick front. Timber-frame with plaster infill; tile roof
with rear brick stacks.
3 storeys; symmetrical 2-window range. 1st and 2nd floors
jettied on brackets, moulded bressumer to 2nd floor; two C20
gables to attic with enriched barge-boards. Entrance to left
end has stained-glass overlight to plank door. Ground and 1st
floors have 3-light wooden mullioned and transomed windows, those to ground floor with continuous row of small square lights above; attic has 2-light windows; all with leaded
glazing. Upper floors have square framing with concave-sided
diamonds. Early C20 bracketed timber sign board. Rear wing
with cross-axial stack.
INTERIOR: exposed timber-framing and beams.
HISTORICAL NOTE: said to have been the place where the plague of 1564 started and to have been an inn from 1718; name changed from the Greyhound to the Garrick in 1795, in honour of David Garrick, who did much for the town's tourist trade by his encouragement of enthusiasm for Shakespeare.
Source: British Listed Buildings
Harvard House GV I
House. C15; front, dated 1596, largely rebuilt after fire of
1595, when rear extended; C18 and C19 rear additions; restored 1905-9, for Marie Corelli and Everard Morris, and 1980s; being extensively restored April 1991. Timber-frame with plaster infill on rubble plinth; tile roof with rear brick stacks.
Right-angle plan. 2 storeys with attic; single-window range. 1st and 2nd storeys are jettied on consoles; gable with enriched barge-boards.
Entrance to right has Tudor-headed wide-board studded door
with strap hinges and 6-pointed handle plate. 5-light wooden
ovolo-mullioned and transomed windows with leaded glazing;
that to ground floor with enriched sill, that to 1st floor is
consoled oriel, that to 2nd floor is bracketed oriel with
lean-to roof.
Timber-framing is enriched with a great variety of carved
decoration: ground floor has consoles with figures; 1st floor
has enriched timber-framing, bressumer and consoles,
fleurs-de-lys flank lettering: TR: AR: 1596 (Thomas and Ann
Rogers); 2nd floor similar, enriched bressumer, masks to
window brackets and some decorative framing over window. The plaster panels were sunk and carved with various patterns in 1972. Stack has 2 shafts with triangular fillets. Narrow left return has enriched rainwater gear.
Rear has 2-storey gabled wing with single-storey range and
2-storey cross-range; timber-frame with brick infill; 2-light
windows. Cross wing has segmental-headed entrance with heavy frame to door and segmental-headed entry with gate; later entrance and window; rear has some square framing.
INTERIOR: rubble cellar with winding stair and C20 joists on
girder. Ground floor, much altered, has exposed beams, mid C17 dogleg stair with square newels, moulded balusters and
handrail. 1st floor has front room with late C16 panelling
with fluted frieze, 6-panel door; fireplace has elliptical
brick arch and plaster overmantel with 3 shields, in scrolly
frame, with fleur-de-lys, lion rampant reversed and rose (cf
work in No.6 Wood St (qv) and Packwood House); chamfered beam and stop-chamfered joists. Room behind has doorway with slightly ogee head and 2 rear doorways with 4-centred heads; panel of ex-situ stained glass quarries with flowers.
2nd-floor front room has some square panelling and plastered
wall with remains of red-lined pattern imitating panelling;
fireplace and renewed roof truss; wide-board door; 3 gabled
valley dormers to left return.
HISTORICAL NOTE: formerly the home of Catherine Rogers, mother of John Harvard, the founder of Harvard University USA. It was restored by the novelist Marie Corelli, the work financed by Everard Morris of Chicago, and presented to Harvard University for use by students and visiting Americans.
Source: British Listed Buildings
Stratford-upon-Avon - Garrick Inn & Harvard House High Street
Garrick Inn GV II*
Public house. c1596; facade heavily restored c1912, replacing
c1800 brick front. Timber-frame with plaster infill; tile roof
with rear brick stacks.
3 storeys; symmetrical 2-window range. 1st and 2nd floors
jettied on brackets, moulded bressumer to 2nd floor; two C20
gables to attic with enriched barge-boards. Entrance to left
end has stained-glass overlight to plank door. Ground and 1st
floors have 3-light wooden mullioned and transomed windows, those to ground floor with continuous row of small square lights above; attic has 2-light windows; all with leaded
glazing. Upper floors have square framing with concave-sided
diamonds. Early C20 bracketed timber sign board. Rear wing
with cross-axial stack.
INTERIOR: exposed timber-framing and beams.
HISTORICAL NOTE: said to have been the place where the plague of 1564 started and to have been an inn from 1718; name changed from the Greyhound to the Garrick in 1795, in honour of David Garrick, who did much for the town's tourist trade by his encouragement of enthusiasm for Shakespeare.
Source: British Listed Buildings
Harvard House GV I
House. C15; front, dated 1596, largely rebuilt after fire of
1595, when rear extended; C18 and C19 rear additions; restored 1905-9, for Marie Corelli and Everard Morris, and 1980s; being extensively restored April 1991. Timber-frame with plaster infill on rubble plinth; tile roof with rear brick stacks.
Right-angle plan. 2 storeys with attic; single-window range. 1st and 2nd storeys are jettied on consoles; gable with enriched barge-boards.
Entrance to right has Tudor-headed wide-board studded door
with strap hinges and 6-pointed handle plate. 5-light wooden
ovolo-mullioned and transomed windows with leaded glazing;
that to ground floor with enriched sill, that to 1st floor is
consoled oriel, that to 2nd floor is bracketed oriel with
lean-to roof.
Timber-framing is enriched with a great variety of carved
decoration: ground floor has consoles with figures; 1st floor
has enriched timber-framing, bressumer and consoles,
fleurs-de-lys flank lettering: TR: AR: 1596 (Thomas and Ann
Rogers); 2nd floor similar, enriched bressumer, masks to
window brackets and some decorative framing over window. The plaster panels were sunk and carved with various patterns in 1972. Stack has 2 shafts with triangular fillets. Narrow left return has enriched rainwater gear.
Rear has 2-storey gabled wing with single-storey range and
2-storey cross-range; timber-frame with brick infill; 2-light
windows. Cross wing has segmental-headed entrance with heavy frame to door and segmental-headed entry with gate; later entrance and window; rear has some square framing.
INTERIOR: rubble cellar with winding stair and C20 joists on
girder. Ground floor, much altered, has exposed beams, mid C17 dogleg stair with square newels, moulded balusters and
handrail. 1st floor has front room with late C16 panelling
with fluted frieze, 6-panel door; fireplace has elliptical
brick arch and plaster overmantel with 3 shields, in scrolly
frame, with fleur-de-lys, lion rampant reversed and rose (cf
work in No.6 Wood St (qv) and Packwood House); chamfered beam and stop-chamfered joists. Room behind has doorway with slightly ogee head and 2 rear doorways with 4-centred heads; panel of ex-situ stained glass quarries with flowers.
2nd-floor front room has some square panelling and plastered
wall with remains of red-lined pattern imitating panelling;
fireplace and renewed roof truss; wide-board door; 3 gabled
valley dormers to left return.
HISTORICAL NOTE: formerly the home of Catherine Rogers, mother of John Harvard, the founder of Harvard University USA. It was restored by the novelist Marie Corelli, the work financed by Everard Morris of Chicago, and presented to Harvard University for use by students and visiting Americans.
Source: British Listed Buildings