Former Blacksmith'S Arms

The Former Blacksmith's Arms is a house that was also an inn, dating from the 17th century with later additions and alterations. The original timber frame has largely been replaced by 19th-century painted brick, and it features a reed thatch roof with coped verges at the right gable end.

The building originally had a two-cell plan, which was extended by one bay to the right in the early 19th century. It is one storey and has an attic, with a dentilled eaves cornice on the 19th-century addition. The 17th-century part has two casement windows with 19th-century segmental heads on the ground floor and two 20th-century eyebrow dormers directly above. There is a similar casement window on the 19th-century addition. A 20th-century nail-studded door with a 19th-century segmental head is located at the far right of the 17th-century section. A red brick ridge stack is positioned to the left of the center, with a rendered external end stack on the 19th-century addition. The left gable end displays a collar and tie-beam truss with projecting single-purlin ends, while wall posts are visible on the left, right, and center of the front. There is a continuous brick outshut at the rear of the 17th-century part.

Inside, the framing is visible, with square panels on the left gable end and fragmentary square panels cut through to the original back wall. The right ground-floor room of the 17th-century part features a chamfered spine beam and joists, along with an inglenook fireplace that has a chamfered wooden lintel and ogee stops. A single-storey 20th-century addition to the left is not of special architectural interest.