The Three Horseshoes Public House

Spellbrook 1. 5253 SPELLBROOK LANE EAST (South Side) The Three Horseshoes PH TL 487 174:4/4 6.6.52 II 2. C16 or earlier (reputedly 1446). 1 1/2 storey house set back from road. Timber frame exposed with plastered infill. Steep half hipped thatch roof. 3 rooms in line plan extended 1 bay at E end in C16/C17. Floor inserted in central bays in later C17 creating attic lit by dormer. Gable chimney at W, large internal chimney where later E bay joins house. Door on front (N) opposite chimney and another in W end part. E bay has straight tension brace and upper half of 2 light window with diagonally set oak mullions above later 3 light leaded casement. Gabled tiled dormer in roof slope with 2 light wooden casement. W end part still open to collars of roof inside. Edge halved bridle butt splice in rear wall plate. Gd floor lowered under inserted floor. Parts of framework of partitions remain. E bay has chamfered axial beam with concave stops. Deep, elaborately moulded,lintol to fireplace, possibly a bressumer re-used. Purlin roof construction. Buildings added to S with fake timberframing are modern. An interesting survival. Picturesque.

Listing NGR: TL4877217492