The Saracen Head Public House

The Saracen Head Public House is an inn that dates back to the 16th century, with a north wing from that period, a front range from the 17th century, and a northeast extension to the wing. The early 18th-century brick front has been altered internally in 1967. The building features a timber frame on a brick sill, with dark weatherboarding on the north and east gables, while the north wall has brick infill painted white. The red brick front is now painted. It has steep old red tile roofs that are hipped with a gablet at the north. The structure consists of three cells and is two stories high, with a north-end crosswing extending to the rear. There is a large central chimney at the junction of the main range and the crosswing. The west front facing the road has three irregularly placed windows, which are three-light mullioned casement windows set under deep segmental arches on the ground floor. A moulded wooden cornice is present at the eaves, along with a tiled gabled weatherboarded porch and an irregular group of square-shafted chimneys in red brick on the front slope of the roof. The building features jowled posts, a side-purlin roof, curved braces, and large rectangular panels. The north wing has curved wind-braces to a collar truss clasped purlin two-bay roof, while the 17th-century northeast part has unjowled posts and straight braces. On the first floor, there is a four-centred brick arched fireplace on the south side of the stack, which has relief plaster decoration on the chimney breast featuring a lozenge-shaped vine-scroll border with a large crown over a five-lobed rose within two circles of ornament, dating to around 1600. An extant lease from 1619 adds to the historical significance of the building.