The Crown Inn

The Crown Inn is a public house dating back to the 15th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It has a timber roof covered with handmade red clay tiles. The building comprises a three-bay main range facing northwest, with a 16th-century axial stack in the left bay, and a three-bay cross-wing to the left. A further 18th or 19th-century two-storey wing is located to the left, completing an almost rectangular plan. There is an external stack to the rear of the right bay of the main range, enclosed by a two-storey lean-to, and a 19th-century single-storey lean-to to the rear of the main range.

The ground floor has two early 19th-century sash windows with 6+6 lights, one with 8+8 lights, and a reproduction sash window with 10+10 lights. The first floor has two early 19th-century sash windows of 6+6 lights. There is an early 19th-century flush six-panel door with a plain overlight, set within a simple doorcase, and a 20th-century half-glazed door. The stack has an ovolo-moulded brick cornice, partly cement-rendered. The roof appears continuous over the main range and lower cross-wing, with three gables to the rear.

The rear elevation of the middle rear wing is of painted brick to first-floor level, with plastered timber-framing above and one 19th-century casement window. The rear elevation of the cross-wing is jetted, with painted brick below.

Inside, the main stack features a large wood-burning hearth with 0.33m jambs facing to the right and a smaller hearth facing to the left. Behind the hearth is an original doorway with chamfered jambs and a four-centred arch. The main range includes chamfered axial beams with plaster soffits, an inserted post supporting the beams, and much reused timber used as decorative elements. The cross-wing has exposed, heavy, plain joists of near-square section, jointed to an unchamfered binding beam.

The building is depicted in an elevation on a 1601 map by John Walker, father and son, showing it as two storeys throughout, with a central door, four windows on each floor, three gables to the front, the middle gable being slightly smaller than the others, and two internal stacks.