Ludlow, The Reader's House c.1965
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From the 1500s a Reader was appointed to take on the duties of a present-day curate for the church, and in the 18th century the Reader occupied this building. The porch, with its wonderfully decorative carving, dates from 1616, but much of the building is quite a bit older than that. The Reader's House c1965 The sign on the wall indicates a right of way through to the courtyard of the Bull Hotel. The Bull is probably Ludlow's oldest inn, and comes complete with a recently discovered priest's hole built into one of the chimney breasts.
An extract from Ludlow Photographic Memories.
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