Saracen'S Head Public House

TG 13 SE ERPINGHAM WALL ROAD

5/95 Saracen's Head Public House

GV II

Public house. Circa 1830. Red brick in Flemish bond. Low pitched hipped red clay pantile roof with very deep eaves and with lead roll hipps and ridge. 2 brick axial stacks.

Rectangular double depth plan with two principal front rooms and central entrance hall with staircase at back.

2 storeys and attic. Symmetrical 3-window south west front with plat band at first floor and under eaves. Window openings with flat brick arches, C20 casements on first floor and C20 tripartite sashes on ground floor. Doorway at centre in round arch double recess, with glazed and panelled double doors, semi-circular fanlight with radiating glazing bars and large semi-circular canopy on acanthus console brackets. 3 round-headed dormers with casements. Similar dormers at rear with glazing bars. Various C20 casements and small outshut on left at rear. 3-bay side elevations with blind windows.

Interior: Some original joinery survives including fielded panel doors and staircase at back of hall with open string, stick balusters and moulded handrail wreathed over curtail.

Note: The Saracen's Head was reputedly built as an inn for visitors to Wolterton Hall (qv).

Listing NGR: TG1710332291