Chequers Inn

Chequers Inn is a public house with a core dating from the mid 16th century, though the current structure is mainly from the 17th and 18th centuries. It features a timber frame with infill made of rendered clay lump and brick, resting on a brick and flint plinth. The building has a thatched roof and consists of one storey with a dormer attic. There are four doors positioned at irregular intervals and various renewed casement windows. The eaves overhang, and there are two flat-roofed pantiled dormers with 20th-century casements. The gabled roof has four regularly spaced chimneys, with the one on the south gable being external. The rear of the building has a single flat dormer similar to the front. There is a low pantiled outshut over a half-storey collar. The north gable is constructed of 18th-century brick with tumbling. The south room, dating from the 18th century, has an open roof and a fireplace. The central and north rooms are primarily timber framed and largely from the mid 17th century, both featuring spine beams, with the former having stop-chamfered spine beams. A winder staircase is located by the north gable wall, and the roof is supported by butt purlins.