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Date of photo: 2012	© Copyright Jo Turner and licensed for reuse under thisCreative Commons Licence
The Angel Inn was situated at 4-5 Church Street.  Grade-II listed, this inn closed in 1865 .It was built in the first half of the 18th century and altered in the first half of the 19th century. A search of directories shows 1828 Richard Overbury at the Angel in Henley Street. In 1830 and 1835 it is still Richard but it is described as an Inn and Posting House. By 1850 just described as a hotel it is now in Church street, occupant is Joseph Overbury. As expected, I couldn’t find it in 1875. Clearly the street was renamed between 1835 and 1850 and that makes sense because Church Street is the primary extension of the existing Henley Street that now bleeds off to the right.
Source: Steve Turner
Listed building details:
House, formerly part of inn. Early/mid C18, altered early/mid C19. Colourwashed brick with slate roof and brick chimney. L-plan. 3-storey; 3-window range, but originally 5 windows; remains of gauged brick flat arches with keyblocks and traces of aprons visible. Ground floor has half-glazed door with overlight in moulded wood surround with hood on plain brackets. To right two late C19 shop windows with moulded pilaster strips and continuous entablature; to left 20-pane sash. First floor has 16-pane sashes. Second floor windows with brick flat arches. To rear long C18/early C19 irregular brick wing. Interior: Central passage with panelled dado, and arches to staircase. Early/mid C18 staircase with narrow open well and winders, and turned balusters. C19 two-light Gothic staircase window. Panelled doors, some with H-L hinges. C18 fireplaces. No.4 and No. 5 were the Angel Inn until 1865.
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