Mug House Inn

WORCESTER

SO85NE CLAINES LANE (OFF), Claines 620-1/2/668 (South side) 14/03/69 Mug House Inn (Formerly Listed as: NORTH CLAINES CLAINES LANE (South side) Mug House Inn)

GV II

Public house. C16 or earlier origins, possibly rebuilt, later altered and enlarged during mid C19 and re-modelled mid C20. Part timber-framed, mid-late C20 brick infill and replacement walling, part brick, plain tiled roof and 3 brick stacks to rear main ridge. Three framed bays; 2 storeys. FRAMING: irregular, mainly 4 square panels from sill to wall-plate, cruck truss used as part of wall-frame in front right bay; swept brace in lower corner of left gable end and collar and tie-beam truss with queen struts in gable above. FRONT ELEVATION to north-east: ground floor has a 3-light and a 4-light casement, 3 first floor 2-light casements and central 5-panel door, all flush-beaded, with gabled canopy on brackets. INTERIOR: much altered. A parallel mid-C19 range adjoins to rear; 2 storeys with dentilled eaves cornice and at its south-east gable end projects a single framed bay, single storey wing, lower in height and having 2 square panels from sill to wall-plate, a short straight brace in the upper corners of the front wall-frame and a collar and tie-beam truss with queen struts at its gable end; in the angle with the main range it has a ledged and battened door.

Formerly listed in the parish of North Claines on the 71st list for the District of Wychavon, County of Hereford & Worcester.