Tabard Inn (Washington, D.C.)
Tabard Inn may refer to: * The Tabard, Chiswick, London * The Tabard, Southwark, London * Tabard Inn (Washington, D.C.), one of the National Register of Historic Places listings in the upper NW Quadrant of Washington, D.C. This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washing ...

The Tabard, Chiswick
The block of three buildings containing The Tabard public house (formerly the Tabard Inn) is a Grade II* listed structure in Chiswick, London. The block, with a row of seven gables in its roof, was designed by Norman Shaw in 1880 as part of the community focus of the Bedford Park garden suburb. The block contains the Bedford Park Stores, once a co-operative, and a house for the manager. The first floor of the pub building is host to the Tabard Theatre. The block was most likely inspired by Holborn's 1585 Staple Inn, which similarly has a row of seven gables; a further inspiration is the 15th century Sparrowe's House, Ipswich, which has strongly projecting bays, gables, and a cornice above a row of shop windows. Building Purpose The block, including no. 2 Bath Road, was built in 1880 by the architect Norman Shaw as part of the communal focus of Jonathan Carr's development of the Bedford Park garden suburb; it included the inn, a house for the manager, and the Bedford ...
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The Tabard
The Tabard was an inn in Southwark established in 1307 that stood on the east side of Borough High Street, at the road's intersection with the ancient thoroughfare to Canterbury and Dover. It was built for the Abbot of Hyde, who purchased the land to construct a place for himself and his ecclesiastical brethren to stay when on business in London. The Tabard was famous for accommodating people who made the pilgrimage to the Shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, and it is mentioned in the 14th-century literary work ''The Canterbury Tales''. Early history The inn was located on the south bank of the Thames, just north of where the two Roman roads of Stane Street and Watling Street merged. It stood near the Manor of Southwark, controlled by the Bishops of Winchester. Also known as the Liberty of Winchester, the manor lay outside the jurisdiction of the City of London. Activities that were forbidden within the City of London and the county of Surrey, including prosti ...
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Tabard Inn (Washington, D
Tabard Inn may refer to: * The Tabard, Chiswick, London * The Tabard, Southwark, London * Tabard Inn (Washington, D.C.), one of the National Register of Historic Places listings in the upper NW Quadrant of Washington, D.C. This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washing ...