Former Collier'S Arms Public House

This is a late 18th-century public house, with alterations and additions made in the 19th century. It was originally accompanied by an attached outbuilding, and was once used as a farmhouse and outbuilding. The building is constructed of coursed rubble sandstone with dressings around the openings. It has central ridge and gable stacks, with the ridge stack rebuilt in red brick. The roof is stone slated, laid in diminishing courses.

The building has a double-pile plan with a set-back extension to the left of the rear section. The front elevation (facing south-east) has two storeys and three bays. A panelled door sits within a stone surround on the right-hand end, leading into the public house. There are two three-light flush-mullioned windows; the central lights are wider than the flanking windows. Above these are two and three-light windows, mostly with 20th-century joinery, except for the window on the right-hand end, which has tiny coupled sashes. A 20th-century porch has been added against the left-hand gable. Behind this is an elongated section of the rear pile, with pairs of two-light windows with 20th-century frames.

The interior of the public house has a simple five-room plan, with spine corridors connecting rooms on either side. The central bar servery room has a serving hatch on the rear side of the corridor, serving the two public rooms at the front of the building. A corridor partition, which defines the public rooms, is a later addition and has a continuous clerestory to allow light to enter. The public rooms feature chamfered spine beams and plank doors, with fixed settles and benches.

The attached outbuilding is slightly taller and has dripstones above the roofline where it shares a common gable with the main house. It has a tall double door on the left-hand end and a lofted area to the right, above a cowhouse or stables with two doorways featuring stone jambs and lintels. There is a taking-in doorway to the loft in the left-hand gable.

The former Colliers Arms illustrates how a rural alehouse evolved from a vernacular farmhouse. Its plan demonstrates the minimal changes required to create both public and private spaces within the building. The functional bar servery contrasts with the more elaborate detailing typically found in urban public houses of the later 19th century.