The Spread Eagle Inn

The Spread Eagle Inn is a public house that originated as a house in the 17th century. It was refronted in the 18th century and underwent significant alterations in the early 20th century. The building features a colourwashed roughcast front over brickwork and has an old tiled roof with a tall brown brick chimney stack on the left side. It is two storeys high with attics, and has two gabled half dormers that contain 6-light mullion and transom wood casement windows, along with a central 3-light wood casement window on the first floor. The ground floor has three recessed wooden windows, which are early 20th century, featuring moulded mullions and transoms with shallow upper ventilating lights, as well as two recessed entrance doors. Inside, there are early 20th century bar fittings. The rear has a timber-framed outshoot that is plastered, with a weatherboarded north gable and an old tiled roof. The inn became known as The Spread Eagle after 1843, following the demolition of a historic inn further south in Amwell End for railway construction. The building is included for its group value.