The Greyhound is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1966. Pub, inn. 2 related planning applications.

The Greyhound

WRENN ID
haunted-threshold-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Country
England
Date first listed
31 October 1966
Type
Pub, inn
Source
Historic England listing

Description

The Greyhound is a timber-framed building, dating to the 15th and 16th centuries, with alterations from the 18th and 20th centuries. It was formerly The Greyhound Inn until 1972. The main range faces northwest and comprises two bays, built in the 16th century, with two rear stacks. A two-bay wing, projecting from the left bay, is jettied to the right and dates from the 15th century, with a later 19th or 20th-century extension beyond. An 18th-century two-storey extension sits to the rear of the right bay, enclosing the jetty, and a 20th-century single-storey extension with a flat roof extends beyond.

The building is now plastered with a red machine-made tile roof. The ground floor has two early 19th-century tripartite sashes, each with 4-16-4 lights. The first floor has two early 19th-century sashes of 16 lights, featuring crown glass, and a 20th-century sash in a matching style above the entrance door. A recessed early 19th-century six-panel door sits on the line of the original front wall, with curved plaster on either side. The remaining length of the jetty is underbuilt. Above the door, exposed timber displays carved flowers in a diaper design, apparently the bressumer, which is otherwise concealed by plaster. Internally, a chamfered axial beam remains, with unstopped spine beams with run-out stops, plain horizontal joists jointed to it with unrefined soffit tenons. Jowled posts and curved braces trenched inside the studs are also present. Studs have been removed from the ground-floor partition between the bays. The left wall of the left ground-floor room is fully lined with 18th-century pine panelling. A modern staircase, designed in an early 19th-century style, is also present. The rear wing has a crownpost roof with a cambered middle tiebeam, a chamfered brace, and a chamfered square crownpost, although the upper part is inaccessible.

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