George Hotel No. 3 And Attached Former Stable Block

The George Hotel, incorporating No. 3 Bailey Head, and its attached former stable block, is a house that began as an inn and shop. The core of the building dates back to the early 18th century, with a significant extension in 1742, as indicated by a datestone. Later additions and alterations have been made over time. The front of the building is constructed of purple-red brick, which was originally painted on the former stable block, with rusticated angle quoins. It has plain tile roofs with coped verges on stone kneelers.

The front is arranged over two storeys and attics, with a wooden modillion eaves cornice and a moulded cornice to the right return. It has a 7-window front featuring 4-paned sash windows in early 18th-century openings, plain lintels, and projecting moulded keystones. A late 20th-century gabled eaves dormer is located to the far left. The late 19th-century inn front has been remodelled in the late 20th century, retaining a moulded entablature supported on decorated console brackets, but partly infilled with purple-brown brick and with new top-hung casements. A 4-panel door is positioned to the left and a 6-panel door to the centre, with a blocked segmental-headed opening, likely dating back to the 18th century, situated between the two sections of inn front. Prominent ridge stacks are located to the left and right of centre.

The right gable end has a 1742 datestone, with initials above that have been plastered over. A late 19th-century doorcase is located to the right (formerly the entrance to No. 1, Bailey Head), but now features a late 20th-century top-hung casement. The right return of the building, which forms No. 3, Bailey Head, is likely slightly older than the main section; this is suggested by a straight joint beneath a tall ridge stack to the left. It has three windows, with thick glazing bar sashes - the central one being blind and painted to imitate glazing bars - plain stone lintels, and projecting moulded keystones. Late 19th-century hip-roofed dormers are situated in the lower part of the roof slope to the left and right. A 19th-century shop front and console-bracketed doorcase are to the left, mirroring the window openings on the first floor to the right. A tall external end stack is located to the right.

The former stable block is attached at an oblique angle to the right and is now part of the shop. It has two levels, blocked eaves hatches to the left and right, and segmental-headed openings on the ground floor, with raised verges to the right gable end. A mid-19th-century two-storey red brick range is located at right angles to the rear of the main section; this may have been a former maltings.