NHER 7142 (Building record) - Buck Inn, No 55 Yarmouth Road

Buck Inn.

December 1973. Listed Grade II.
See (S1).

February 1976. Field Observation.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU).
Brick and flint range, descending in stages of height towards road. Gables on highest section.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 28 February 1976. Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 23 May 2022.

1984 revised Listing (S1) dates as 17th to 19th centuries.
E. Rose (NAU). Information from record card (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 23 May 2022.

In the late 19th century this was a coal merchants premises.

Copy of (S3) in file.

Details of the history of the building - formerly the White Lion - are given in (S4) which also mentions a limekiln immediately to the north.
E. Rose (NLA), 23 October 2002.

Excerpt of current Listing Description:
"Public House. 17th century, altered 18th, 19th and 20th century. Brick and flint with pantiled roofs. Disposition of four distinct ranges stepping down from north. North range: two storeys and dormer attic in five bays...Gabled roof with two large gabled dormers...North gable wall on kneelers with tumbling. Rebuilt south external stack obscured by 18th-century addition of two bays: one storey and dormer attic...Gabled dormer in roof. Third extension of one storey...gabled roof. Fourth extension of one storey and gabled roof…"
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 23 May 2022.