The Red Cow Public House

The Red Cow Public House is a building dating from the 15th century, with alterations made in the 16th and 20th centuries. Originally a house, it is now a public house. The structure is timber framed and plastered, topped with a roof of handmade red clay tiles. It features a 2-bay hall oriented north-south, with the entrance facing east. A chimney stack was added in the southern bay in the late 16th century. To the north, there is an integral parlour or solar bay, and a late 16th-century 2-bay crosswing to the south. There is also a single-storey extension to the north with a slated lean-to roof. The building has two storeys and a single storey with attics.

In the northern crosswing, there is one 19th-century casement window on each floor. The entrance includes a 19th-century four-panel door and a 20th-century half-glazed door. There are two early 20th-century double-hung sash windows, each with eight upper lights and two lower lights, along with one double-hung sash window featuring nine lights. On the first floor, there are two similar early 20th-century sash windows and one 20th-century casement window. An early 20th-century canopy supported by six posts features a red tiled roof.

Inside, the building has jowled posts. The middle truss of the hall includes semi-octagonal attached shafts, which are continued by chamfered arch-braces. The inserted floor has an axial beam and joists, all double-ogee moulded, with moulded clamps that are independent of the chimney stack. The rear wallplate features an edge-halved and bridled scarf. The front wall has been raised approximately one metre above the original wallplate. The roof of the crosswing is constructed with clasped purlins and has a 17th-century inserted ceiling, with a beam that is chamfered and has lamb's tongue stops. The parlour ceiling is boarded, and a section of this board, held by the licensee, indicates that it was completed by Alfred Page of Cavendish in October 1899, along with notes about casualties in the Boer War written in pencil.