The Willows Public House

The Willows Public House is a house that has been converted into a public house. It dates from the 16th century or earlier and has been altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building features a timber frame with brick and plaster, and it is roofed with interlocking concrete tiles. It has three bays facing west, with a late 16th-century internal stack in the right bay and a 19th or 20th-century external stack at the left end. There is a 19th-century crosswing at the right end that extends forward. The building is two storeys high and has a 20th-century single-storey lean-to extension at the front left angle, as well as a flat-roofed single-storey extension at the rear left corner, along with other extensions at the rear.

On the ground floor, there is one tripartite sash window, two 20th-century casements, and one 19th-century sash window with marginal lights. The first floor features one 20th-century casement and two more in gabled dormers, along with one 19th-century sash window with marginal lights. A 20th-century glazed door is also present. The front wall of the main range has been raised approximately one metre and is mostly enclosed by the front lean-to extension, which recesses the two dormers. The main range and the right wing have low-pitched roofs. The middle bay of the main range has exposed plain joists with a horizontal section. There is a binding beam between this bay and the left bay that has been boxed in, possibly in modern times. A large wood-burning hearth in the right bay faces left and originally extended to the rear wall, but the rear part has been demolished for a bar. The mantel beam is chamfered with a cranked upper surface and is truncated at the left end. The brickwork of the front jamb has been renewed with 18th or 19th-century bricks, while the area above the mantel beam remains undisturbed.