Chequers

Chequers is a house that was known as the Chequers Inn until the 1950s and is now a private residence. It dates back to the 17th century, with an east bay added in the 18th century and brickwork on the front, rear wing, and outshuts from the 19th century. The building features exposed timber framing with brick infill, all painted over, and has dark weatherboarding at the rear. The east bay is made of painted brick, and the house has steep old red tile roofs, a hipped rear wing, and a lean-to extension on the west end.

The house is two stories tall and consists of three units, with an internal chimney located a third of the way from the west end and a former east gable chimney that is enclosed by a one-bay extension towards the river. The north front, which faces the former Watling Street/Holyhead Road, has four windows on the first floor, featuring 9-pane, 2-light Yorkshire sliding casements. There are three windows on the ground floor, along with a battened door in the middle of the house, framed heavily with fluted pilasters that support shaped brackets with guttae beneath a moulded flat hood. The eaves soffit is small. The brick east bay is pointed and has cambered arches over the windows.

Inside, the first floor is higher in two west bays, suggesting it may have been a separate build. Jowled posts support straight tie-beams, and the roof structure includes clasped-purlin construction with collar-and-queen-strut trusses and straight wind-braces, along with straight braces to the tie-beams.