The Plough Inn

The Plough Inn is an 18th-century cottage, extended in the 19th and 20th centuries and now operating as a public house. The construction is a mix of timber framing with plaster, clay lump, and painted brick in a Flemish bond pattern. The roof is a combination of thatch and slate. The building is approximately three bays wide, aligned north-south, with an axial chimney stack at the north end of the middle bay and an external chimney stack at the south end, facing east. A rear extension of clay lump and colour-washed render with a thatched roof dates to the early 19th century. A north extension of brick, dating to the late 19th century, features a rounded northwest corner and a hipped slate roof. A flat-roofed single-story extension was added to the rear of the north extension in the 20th century. The main range is single-story with attics, while the north extension is two stories high. The ground floor features two half-glazed doors, one four-panel door, one 19th-century casement window, one 20th-century splayed bay window, and a section of 18th-century leaded windows with four fixed lights and one wrought iron casement, topped with a crenellated parapet. First-floor windows consist of two 18th-century leaded windows with two fixed lights and one wrought iron casement, set within dormers with swept slate roofs. The north extension has a double-hung sash window of 16 lights on each floor. The main chimney stack has two diagonal shafts. Inside, there's an axial beam that is plain-chamfered without stops. A large wood-burning hearth facing south has been reduced for a coal fire, and a bread oven to the east has a broken top and an iron door with a manufacturer’s name. The building is a simple structure that retains its vernacular character due to its piecemeal development.