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People and children in Victorian clothing stand on a village high street with the George and Dragon sign hanging overhead.

George and Dragon, Buckden High Street

George and Dragon, High Street, Buckden

History of George and Dragon, Buckden

Listed Building

No.47 High Street: formerly the tap room to the George Hotel when a coaching inn

Nos 41, 43 & 45: Formerly part of the east range of The George Hotel when a coaching inn and sharing a common street facade. 

The hotel is part of an early C18 coaching inn, originally with a courtyard plan, and galleried timber-framed rear wings of earlier dates. North facing gallery has C19 windows and a wooden shuttered window reputed to have been used by Dick Turpin.

A street view in Buckden featuring a tall red brick building on the left and various parked cars along the road under blue sky.

The George, Buckden (©RGL 2023)

The cream-colored facade of The Vine pub on a street corner, with a foreground sign, parked cars, and brick buildings.

High Street, Buckden (©RGL 2023)

A two-story building with a tiled roof features a half-timbered upper floor and a brick ground floor with a pillared porch.

The George, Buckden (©RGL 2023)

A long, three-story red brick building with dark-framed windows and a George hotel sign, fronted by several parked cars.

The George, Buckden (©RGL 2023)

Building dates

  • Built by 1740
Source for this date
  • Built by 1740: Listed building: by early C18

Tags

  • Hotel
  • Listed building
  • Public House

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