Maids Head Public House

The Maids Head Public House is a building that likely originated as an open hall in the 15th century, with a late 16th-century crosswing on the right and a block added in 1852 on the left. The open-hall structure is timber framed, with a floor and stack added in the 16th century, later encased in gault brick during the 19th century. The hall features a thatched roof made of reed, topped with a ridge stack of grouped shafts on a square base. It is one storey high with an attic, and has two dormers. There are two doorways: one may have been the original entry to the cross-passage, while the other leads to the lobby entry. The mid-16th-century crosswing is also timber framed and rendered, with its gable end rebuilt in brick. It has a thatched roof of reed with plastered coving at the eaves, and is one storey high with attics. The 1852 addition on the left is made of gault brick and features a shallow, hipped slate roof, standing two storeys tall. The front elevation has three blind, elliptically headed bays, separated by four recessed hung sashes, each with twelve panes.