John Barleycorn Public House

TL 50 NW HIGH LAVER THRESHERS BUSH 5/2 John Barleycorn Public House

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House, C15, extended in C19 and C20, now a public house. Timber framed, roughcast rendered, roofed with slate, with ornamental bands of round-edged slates. N-S block, single storey with attics, and 2 storey crosswing at S, jettied to E. Axial chimney stack in N-S block at the junction. C19 W extension to crosswing with C19 chimney stack at the junction. Flat-roofed single storey extensions to NW, N and NE, C20. S elevation, 2 plain boarded doors in C20 flat-roofed porches, one oriel window and one casement window on ground floor,, 3 casement windows on first floor, all C20. Handmade red clay tiles on E and W gables. In crosswing, some exposed timber on ground floor. Transverse beam, plain chamfered, jointed to beam with central tenons with housed soffits. N-S wing not examined, but the general design is consistent with a medieval hall in this position, with some rebuilding of the roof in the C19. RCHM 7.

Listing NGR: TL5007709225