Listed Buildings of Marston: Three Horseshoes, 9 Oxford Road
The former Three Horseshoes pub is Grade II listed (ref. 1485/146). It dates from the mid- to late eighteenth century. It is built of limestone rubble, and has a plain-tile roof with brick gable stacks. It stands at right-angles to the White Hart behind.
Until 1735 the building was a blacksmith’s attached to a farmhouse, which explains its name.
At the time of the 1901 census the publican was Richard Gurden (46). He lived at the Three Horseshoes with his wife Mary and their six children: Ethel (13), Margarata (12), Richard (9), May (6), William (4), and Hester (1). Also living with them were James’s father, a retired publican of 79, and his sister Emily (53).
In October 2009 planning applications 09/02277/LBD and 09/02101/FUL were submitted to convert the pub into two houses, but they were refused in December 2009.
Some landlords of the Three Horseshoes
- 1847, 1852, 1854: William Steel (also carpenter & wheelwright)
- 1863: Hannah Steel
- 1869: John Collingridge
- 1876: Thomas Collingridge
- 1883: Mrs Sarah Collingridge
- 1891, 1901: Richard Gurden
- 1914: William Matthews
- 1935: Harry Willis
- 1947: Albert Newell
