The Plough Inn

The Plough Inn is a public house dating to the mid-17th century, with later alterations and additions. It comprises two parallel ranges connected by a short link, creating an "H" plan, although it originally consisted of a principal range to the west and a rear service wing to the east, part of which survives as the link between the ranges now.

The primary architectural interest lies in the rear, west range, which features a two-room plan over two storeys with an attic. It is constructed with timber framing, rendered panels, and stone dressed brickwork, under an asbestos slate roof with some stone and Welsh slates. The west wing incorporates 12 frame panels and a smoke bay to the north, in rendered brickwork, six panels wide at the gable end. A two-course stone plinth is present with flush stone quoins and dressings to the south side of a blocked door opening. Above the plinth are 16 courses of brickwork, topped by a projecting stone band which supports a four-panel high timber frame; the oak wallplate extends to the gable. Rails between studs are typically cut, but one panel down from the wallplate there is a continuous, slightly projecting rail which extends as a stone band in the north rendered panel and across the north stone dressed, rendered gable-end at the same level. The south gable-end and east side of this wing are also timber framed. Two 20th-century, four-light leaded mullion windows feature on the west elevation, and two three-light windows are set into the south gable end.

The east wing dates to the early 19th century and has two storeys and two bays. Originally constructed with sashes and a rectangular overlight to the door, it now features canted bays and 20th-century casements, all with leaded glazing. The inn has a 20th-century oak boarded door and gable-end stacks. Lower additions with lean-to roofs fill the spaces between the wings on both sides of the link. A modern brick porch with a hipped stone slab roof has been added to the west elevation of the west wing.

Internally, the west range features an inglenook with original bressumer timber framing in the internal walls, exposed ceiling joists and beams, and a dogleg staircase situated in the angle between the west range and the rear wing. Some wattling remains as wall panel infill. The north part of the east wing has exposed ceiling joists and beams, while the south part was likely rebuilt in the early 19th century after a fire destroyed the timbers. Additional features include a good set of raised panelling and cupboards with butterfly hinges, possibly original from the mid-17th century, found on the first floor. The roof structure of the west range consists of two bays with a narrow smoke bay to the north, featuring principals with king struts, side purlins, and a ridge piece. A side purlin roof extends only one bay, with the remaining section replaced by the 19th-century east range.