The Chequers Public House

TL 3915 WARE RURAL WARESIDE (west side)

10/12 The Chequers PH

GV II

Public House. Late C17 extended to E and refronted in plaster in early C19. Timber frame plastered with weatherboarded ground floor extension in painted brick work. Steep old red tiled roofs. Hipped slated roof extension. One and a half storeys. facing S, with symmetrical plastered front. Central glazed and panelled door in a reeded doorcase with moulded cornice and corner blocks, flanked by flush box sash windows with 6/6-panes. 2 gabled dormers on the wallplate with small paned 2-light casement windows. Low black plinth. Name board runs the length of the front with raised block letters. Formerly a long one and a half storeys building with its end to the road and a short 2- storeys wing at its NW corner. The lateral chimney serving the front part and the external gable chimney at its N end appear to be C19 renewals. In the early C19 a parallel range was built along its E side with brick outer walls and central chimney. The road frontage was altered to a single hipped roof and symmetrical facade. Exposed timbers of walls and 1st floor inside are poorly finished.

Listing NGR: TL3953015606