The Old George Inn

The Old George Inn is a public house dating back to the 16th century, or possibly earlier, with alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. It began as an open hall house, with a floor inserted in the early 17th century. The building is timber-framed with a brick sill, roughcast on the ground floor and exposed framing on the first floor, with plastered infill panels. It has steep roofs covered with old red tiles.

The house has a T-shaped layout with a medieval section facing east, two storeys high, and a cellar. A north parlour crosswing and a lower, one-and-a-half-storey main range are also present. The main range originally had a storeyed south bay, formerly divided into a pantry, buttery, and a staircase entrance on the east side. The two-bay hall has a close-studded partition at the upper end, with a four-centred arched doorway and moulded frame with sunk spandrels leading into the two-bay crosswing parlour, which has a staircase alongside the west wall. A 17th-century chimney was inserted, partially blocking the cross-passage when the floor was added. A lobby-entry plan was completed when the south service bay was combined into one room, and an 18th-century fireplace was inserted backing onto the hall chimney.

The front elevation has close studding to the first floor, a projecting gabled porch with a three-light casement window to the left, and a shallow rectangular two-storey bay with a gabled top. There are three-light casement windows and a small two-light, ovolo-moulded window at high level on the ground floor. A three-light casement is located on the first floor of the gabled north crosswing above the canted bay window on the ground floor. A large internal chimney rises through the roof, with a tall cruciform stack set diagonally. A projecting chimney is on the north side of the north wing on the front bay.

Inside, the building retains exposed timbers, with irregular flat joists on the south bay floor and regular flat joists in the north wing. Features include jowled posts, curved tension braces, and clasped-purlin roofs on trusses with collars. The inserted hall floor is supported by an axial beam with a soffit carved in relief with alternating strapwork rectangles and ovals. A moulded oak, four-centred fire surround with sunk spandrels is also present. A small cupboard door features lozenge decoration. There are moulded plank doors to the entrance lobby and first floor. A Britannia firemark, number 71210, is fixed to the side of the axial beam in the hall.