History

Probably built mid C19 with later alterations.

Exterior

Built of rubble stonework and pebbledashed between decorative smooth rendered bands and architraves to doors and windows bracketed to a sill string, lintels, plinth band, and quoins. Two storey, 3 window bays, with an attached wing on the west. Slate roof with gable stacks. Central bead-panelled door with a glazed panel, and overlight. Recessed 16-pane sash windows. The wing to the right is single storey, altered in the C20. A long and conspicuous range of white painted outbuildings run S from the E end.

Interior

The front door opens to a stair hall, with living rooms (bars) to right and left. Open joisted ceiling. Gable fireplace of painted stone.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a good example of an inn retaining its C19 vernacular character, including decorative treatment denoting its function, and forming a significant terminal building of the village, of group value with other listed buildings in the conservation area.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29484050

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy