Wellington Inn

The Wellington Inn is an inn, originally a house, that dates back to 1660 and features the initials T.B. on its lintel. It was altered in the late 18th century and extended to the east around 1812. The building is constructed of stone, mostly rendered, with raised quoins and dressings, and has a slate roof. It stands three storeys tall and has four bays.

The earlier three-bay section on the left has right-of-centre panelled double doors within a hollow-chamfered surround, and the dated lintel displays the arms of Errington impaling Carnaby, accompanied by hollow-chamfered hoodmoulds. Flanking the doors are 20th-century casement windows set in old openings, also with similar hoodmoulds. The upper floors feature 12-pane sash windows with raised lintels and sills. The right (eastern) bay has a margined sash window with a blocked door to the left, a similar window above, and paired 8-pane sashes on the second floor, all within raised and tooled surrounds. The building has coped gables, with stepped and corniced stacks at the left end and ridge. To the left of the door is a four-step mounting block. There is a 20th-century single-storey extension at the far right that is not of interest, and a two-storey outshut at the rear with altered fenestration.

The interior has been significantly altered but retains two 17th-century fireplaces on the first floor, featuring flat-pointed arches in square frames with wave-moulded surrounds. The Wellington Inn was originally built as The Riding House by Thomas Errington, who was the postmaster of Newcastle during the Commonwealth period; the initials on the door lintel were recut by Thomas Browell, a later tenant. In 1673, the inn was noted as the site of alleged witches' gatherings.