The Guards Inn

The Guards Inn is a public house, likely originally a shop and house, dating from the early to mid-19th century, with later additions and alterations. It is constructed of reddish-brown brick in Flemish bond, featuring painted stucco on the ground floor of the front facade, a Welsh slate roof, and a cast-iron balcony.

The building has three storeys and three first-floor windows. On the first floor, there is a central part-glazed door, with the remainder being 6/6 sash windows. The second floor has 2/2 sash windows. All windows are set in plain reveals and have sills. The ground floor includes a pair of off-centre entrances with part-glazed doors and overlights that feature margin-lights in fielded-panel reveals, all within a common doorcase with a fluted architrave. To the left, there is a casement window in plain reveals with sills, and to the right, a shop front with a central blocked part-glazed entrance flanked by two casements, all with fielded panels beneath and pilaster strips in between, along with a frieze and cornice. The building has a modillion eaves cornice and a right end stack with a cornice. A Gothick balcony is present at the first-floor central opening.

The interior has not been inspected. Historically, High Street was laid out around 1810 to 1813 and was initially known as Warwick Row, forming part of the main route from Warwick to London.