The Shakespeare Public House

The Shakespeare Public House is a public house located on Mill Street in Harbury. The right section of the building dates from the mid to late 16th century, while the left section was built in the mid 18th century. An early to mid 19th-century addition is found on the left side. The right part features timber framing with close studding and small framing above, filled with plaster and whitewashed brick, all resting on a high squared coursed stone plinth. The left part is constructed of squared coursed stone. The addition is made of stone with a brick first floor, and the entire building is whitewashed. The roof is tiled from the 20th century, with a stone-coped gable parapet on the left side, a stone and brick ridge, and a 20th-century brick stack at the left end. The addition has slate roofs.

The building originally had a two-unit, lobby-entry plan but has been extended to a four-unit plan. It stands two storeys tall and features a five-window range. The right part has a blocked central doorway and a 20th-century glazed door to the right. There is a fixed light window and a 19th-century two-light casement window with glazing bars in a heavy wood frame to the left. The first floor has two two-light casements with numerous glazing bars. The left part has a late 20th-century plank door with a hood and a small 19th-century canted bay window to the left, along with two two-light windows with cross glazing above. The addition includes a blocked segmental-arched doorway, and the ground floor and one-storey left part have 20th-century three-light casements with glazing bars, along with a two-light first floor window. Blackened wood lintels are present throughout the building. The rear of the property is largely obscured by 20th-century single-storey additions.

Inside, there are two open fireplaces positioned back-to-back. One fireplace features a chamfered cambered bressumer, while the other has an ogee stop-chamfered bressumer. The ceilings are supported by chamfered beams.