The Angel

The Angel is a house, formerly an inn, dating probably from the 17th century, with possible earlier origins suggested by the presence of two smoke-blackened rafters in the roof. A brick front was added in the 18th century, inscribed with '17 IN 24'. The northeast corner was rebuilt in 1971 following vehicle damage. The building is two storeys and has a cellar. It is timber-framed and plastered, with a hipped roof covered in old red tiles, a red brick front, and a bracket for a missing sign made of fine wrought iron.

The inn has a symmetrical, non-domestic plan with a large projecting chimney in the middle of the rear wall, serving a large central room containing a wide brick fireplace and old settles. The front of the building was partitioned in the 19th century by a glazed screen. A through-passage is located on the west side of the room, and axial dog-leg staircases are found in the rear corners. The staircase on the southeast side is more elaborate, extending to former attics and down to the cellar. Two parlours occupy the northeast and northwest corners of the ground floor. The first floor has a similar three-part division, with the central room partitioned, and a rear passage running past a blocked fireplace, joining the staircases. External gable chimneys are situated next to the front corners, serving corner fireplaces on each floor.

An 18th or early 19th century brick kitchen wing, with a monopitch roof and projecting chimney and oven base on the south wall, is attached to the southwest rear corner. A range of single-storey and one-and-a-half storey outbuildings with brick and slate construction are attached to the southeast rear corner.

The symmetrical five-window brick front has a floorband and plinth, which is rendered. Brick pilasters clasp the corners and feature moulded caps and bases. Recessed sash windows with 6/6 panes are set within rubbed brick flat arches. The side returns of the plinth are in English bond and may be older than the Flemish bond brickwork with black headers on the front. The right-hand front door and an 8/8 paned window may be early 19th century alterations.

The interior features good early 18th century joinery, including an archway with architrave and keystone, a pair of 2-panel raised and fielded moulded doors at the foot of the southeast stair, and in the northwest parlour, a chimneypiece with a flat-moulded bed to shelf, a moulded dado rail, and an arch-headed corner cupboard with a keystone and shaped shelves. The northeast parlour was reconstructed after partial demolition but retains a four-panel raised and fielded door, with H hinges and a brass case lock, and a moulded dado rail.