Horse Shoe Inn And Attached Barn

The Horse Shoe Inn and attached barn are a historic farmhouse and agricultural building, likely dating from the late 15th or early 16th century, with significant remodelling in the early 17th century and later additions and alterations. The farmhouse is timber-framed, possibly incorporating cruck construction, with rendered and painted brick infill set within a rendered rubblestone plinth, and has a graded slate roof. It originally comprised a hall range and a cross-wing, presenting a baffle-entry plan with three framed bays aligned east-west, and a two-bay cross-wing projecting to the right. A further 17th-century addition stands to the right of the cross-wing. The eaves have been raised throughout the building.

The exterior framing is irregular, consisting of square and rectangular panels, with some featuring short straight tension braces, and irregular window openings largely containing 19th-century casements. A boarded door is located immediately under the eaves hatch on the left side of the cross-wing. A prominent yellow brick ridge stack rises directly above the entrance, and a massive rubblestone end stack is situated on the right side, with its upper portion rebuilt in 19th-century yellow brick. A 20th-century lean-to porch shelters the entrance, situated in the angle between the hall and the cross-wing. A rubblestone lean-to extends to the rear. A mounting block is attached to the right corner of the cross-wing.

Inside the farmhouse, the left ground-floor room retains a chamfered spine beam and heavy joists. The central room (part of the cross-wing) demonstrates a deep-chamfered spine beam with straight-cut stops, heavy joists, and a substantial inglenook fireplace with a chamfered wooden lintel. A chamfered ceiling beam and joists are also present in the room to the right of the cross-wing. A possible cruck blade is visible to the right of the entrance, and a cambered ceiling shape suggests the hall range may have originally been open to the roof. The original roof trusses were plastered over during a resurvey in 1986.

The attached barn, of mid-17th-century origin, has a raised roof dating from the late 18th or early 19th century, likely alongside alterations to the house. It is timber-framed, with weatherboarding and red brick infill to the front, set upon a rubblestone plinth, and has an uncoursed limestone rubble addition with a graded slate roof. The front features three 19th-century casements and a plank door between the two left casements. Internally, the barn exhibits framing with square panels, long straight tension braces, and queen-post and queen-strut roof trusses, and is open to the roof in five bays, with a loft to the rubblestone addition. 20th-century additions to the rear of the house are considered to be of limited architectural interest.