The Chequers Public House

The Chequers Public House is a public house dating from the late 17th century. It is timber-framed with a brick skin on the ground floor of the north front, all of which is plastered or colorwashed, and has plaintiled roofs. The building has a lobby-entrance plan.

The north front is two storeys high and features a four-window range. The upper windows are all early 20th-century two-light casements. On the ground floor, there is an early 20th-century gabled bay window to the right of the centre, fitted with unhorned sashes in a 3/4:5/6:3/4 configuration. To the left of the centre, there is a half-glazed 20th-century door under a projecting gabled hood supported by scrolled brackets. There are also early 20th-century canted bay windows to the right and left of the elevation, each with hipped slate roofs and unhorned sashes in a 4/4:6/6:4/4 arrangement. A stack is located on the rear roof slope to the left of centre, and there is an internal west gable-end stack on the front roof slope.

Single-storey extensions from 1998 are attached to the west gable. There is a long 19th-century rear wing that is one storey with an attic, featuring a 20th-century door and window on the west side. The wing has a mansard roof and a weatherboarded south gable head, while the east side includes a lucam under a raking roof.

Inside, there are three ground-floor rooms. Between the centre and east room, there is a stack that has been truncated on the south side to allow for a passageway opened around 1975. Both fireplaces in these rooms have chamfered bressumers with a stop only at the north end. Each of these rooms contains one chamfered spine beam with tongue stops, and the mid rails of the timber frame are visible in the east and west walls. The wall between the centre and west room has mostly been removed and fitted with a screen of studs brought in from elsewhere around 1975. The west room features a 19th-century brick fireplace, and the bar fittings and counter date from around 1985. The main staircase has been removed, so access to the first floor is via a 20th-century single-flight staircase located behind the bar area. The first floor has visible wall plates, and the roof consists of undiminished principals, collars, and one tier of clasped purlins.