Building record 179/0/34 - Three Pigeons Public House, Welsh Row

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, p.37 (Report). SCH1934.

Three Pigeons Public House. Early C19 with possible earlier core. Two-storey, four-bay stuccoed building with casement windows. Stone coped gables and plain eaves. Two single doorcases

<2> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Turner R C (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

The plan form and the presence of some heavy ceiling beams suggest a C17 timber framed building.

<3> Nantwich Town Council, 1977, Walkabout tour of Nantwich, p.12 (Booklet-Leaflet). SCH7371.

This hostelry was once a centre of cock fighting and stabling. The stone block was used by farmers wives who rode into town pillion style.

<4> Earthworks Archaeological Services, 2005, Proposed Redevelopment at The Three Pigeons Inn, Welsh Row, Nantwich, Cheshire: An Archaeological Evaluation, R2569 (Client Report). SCH4725.

An archaeological evaluation in 2005 to the rear of The Three Pigeons recorded medieval and post-medieval wooden structures, including a medieval salt ‘ship’.