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===George and Dragon pub=== [[File:George and Dragon, Great Budworth.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The [[George and Dragon, Great Budworth|George and Dragon]] pub]] The [[George and Dragon, Great Budworth|George and Dragon pub]], another Grade II listed building,<ref name=images>{{National Heritage List for England |num= 1329885|desc= George and Dragon Inn, Great Budworth|access-date= 26 March 2015|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> was initially built as a simple three-[[bay (architecture)|bay]] [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] inn. In 1875, John Douglas was commissioned to restore it by Egerton-Warburton. He added tall rubbed chimneys, [[mullion]]ed windows and a steep pyramidal [[Turret (architecture)|turret]].<ref name=Hubbard>Hubbard, pp. 92β93</ref> The double-storied inn has [[bay (architecture)|bays]] built in brick with a [[roughcast]] [[stucco|rendering]] on the upper storey. It has clay tiled covered hipped roofs. Its other architectural features comprise a projecting two-storey porch with oak post-and-rail fence inscribed with a number of sayings on either side, lateral bay with four-light mullioned window in the lower storey and a three-light mullioned window in the upper storey, a tall rubbed brick chimneystack, and the inn sign located diagonally from the right corner.<ref name=images/><ref name=Hubbard/> The inn continues to function as a public house and restaurant.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.onionring.co.uk/restaurants/restaurant_info.asp?RID=1536 |title=George and Dragon |access-date=14 July 2011 |publisher=Onionring |archive-date=16 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016114334/http://www.onionring.co.uk/restaurants/restaurant_info.asp?RID=1536 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2015 the pub was used as a location in the video game ''[[Contradiction: Spot the Liar!|Contradiction]]'' by developer Baggy Cat.<ref>{{Cite web|title=I visited the town from Contradiction and I took photos! - Contradiction: Spot The Liar!|url=https://www.giantbomb.com/contradiction-spot-the-liar/3030-50336/forums/i-visited-the-town-from-contradiction-and-i-took-p-1776616/|access-date=2021-04-07|website=Giant Bomb|language=en}}</ref>
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