The Bull Inn

The Bull Inn is a public house located in Brentwood, dating from around 1600 with later alterations in the 20th century. The building is timber-framed and plastered, designed to resemble ashlar, with brick extensions at the ends and a roof covered with modern flat tiles. It has a rectangular plan with a parapet and simple coping, standing two stories tall.

The principal section on the west side features a four-window range, including three two-story canted bay windows, while the minor section to the east is set back with a lower roof and has a three-window range. There are gable stacks at the west end and at the junction of the two units.

On the south elevation, the ground floor has a variety of windows, all with glazing bars. This includes a sash window with three by four panes, three canted bay windows with sashes in configurations of two by four and three by four panes, and doors with flat hoods and lower panels above glazed sections. The first floor features three canted bay windows with simple sashes and two simple casement windows, one of which has a blocked window between them.

The north elevation at the rear shows the principal block with three 19th and 20th-century additions, including two units with lean-to roofs and one flat-roofed section. There are various window types, including a sash window with horns and a casement window set in an older frame. The minor unit to the east has rear and side lean-tos and a modern shed.

Inside, much of the structure has been rebuilt, but it retains evidence of its early 17th-century origins, including a central bridging joist with lamb's tongue stops to the chamfers. The front canted bay windows have been inserted into the original bays, and the old front door on the west side likely indicates the service-cross entry.