The Bacchus (Elsdon)
(NY 93709321) The Bacchus. (1)
The former 'Scotch Arms' is now divided into four tenancies (The Long Room, Bacchus Cottage North, Bacchus House and Bacchus Cottage South). It has a fine carving of Bacchus seated on a barrel above its original doorway and, from it, the whole group is called 'The Bacchus'.
Grade II* Bacchus Cottage North, including the Long Room. The ground floor under the Long Room has a three-light front window with large centre light. Re-sashed 19th century. Now a dwelling house. The Long Room is the first floor of a late 18th century block with hipped roof and has a 'Venetian' window to the front. It is used for meetings etc.
Grade II* Bacchus House. 17th or early 18th century, three windows, two storeys, the oldest part of the former 'Scotch Arms'. A simple stone building relieved by a vigorous stone carving of Bacchus on a barrel above the segmental-headed entrance door. (2)
Scott's House (formerly listed as Bacchus Cottage South). Grade II listed building. 19th century. Adjoins Bacchus House.
Bacchus House (formerly listed as Bacchus House and Bacchus Cottage North). Grade II listed building. House, originally an inn and divided for a period into three properties. (3)
An excellent building of paramount importance in the village group. It was formerly an inn, later subdivided into several properties and now one house again. Dressed stone, later wing ashlar, Welsh slate roof. The right three bays form the original buildings. They have a central boarded door in a segment-headed surround. Above the door is a very rsutic statue, about 3ft high, of Bacchus seated on a barrel. Renewed sash windows in the original, narrow, typical early 18th century openings. Left of this a short one-bay linking section to the left bay projects as a cross wing and was added later. It has a stepped tripartite window on the ground floor and a Venetian window above - an especially handsome composition. This was the 'long room', used for village meetings.
The older section has a steeply-pitched roof. The cross wing has a hipped roof. Quite picturesque from the rear with a catslide roof, a small projecting gabled wing and outside stone steps to the 'Long Room'. (4)
The former 'Scotch Arms' is now divided into four tenancies (The Long Room, Bacchus Cottage North, Bacchus House and Bacchus Cottage South). It has a fine carving of Bacchus seated on a barrel above its original doorway and, from it, the whole group is called 'The Bacchus'.
Grade II* Bacchus Cottage North, including the Long Room. The ground floor under the Long Room has a three-light front window with large centre light. Re-sashed 19th century. Now a dwelling house. The Long Room is the first floor of a late 18th century block with hipped roof and has a 'Venetian' window to the front. It is used for meetings etc.
Grade II* Bacchus House. 17th or early 18th century, three windows, two storeys, the oldest part of the former 'Scotch Arms'. A simple stone building relieved by a vigorous stone carving of Bacchus on a barrel above the segmental-headed entrance door. (2)
Scott's House (formerly listed as Bacchus Cottage South). Grade II listed building. 19th century. Adjoins Bacchus House.
Bacchus House (formerly listed as Bacchus House and Bacchus Cottage North). Grade II listed building. House, originally an inn and divided for a period into three properties. (3)
An excellent building of paramount importance in the village group. It was formerly an inn, later subdivided into several properties and now one house again. Dressed stone, later wing ashlar, Welsh slate roof. The right three bays form the original buildings. They have a central boarded door in a segment-headed surround. Above the door is a very rsutic statue, about 3ft high, of Bacchus seated on a barrel. Renewed sash windows in the original, narrow, typical early 18th century openings. Left of this a short one-bay linking section to the left bay projects as a cross wing and was added later. It has a stepped tripartite window on the ground floor and a Venetian window above - an especially handsome composition. This was the 'long room', used for village meetings.
The older section has a steeply-pitched roof. The cross wing has a hipped roof. Quite picturesque from the rear with a catslide roof, a small projecting gabled wing and outside stone steps to the 'Long Room'. (4)
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HISTORIC AREA ASSESSMENT, Elsdon Village Atlas ; The Archaeological Practice Ltd
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