The Hare And Hounds

TM 0735 EAST BERGHOLT HEATH ROAD (South Side)

5/35 The Hare and Hounds

22.2.55

• II

Public House. C16 with later alterations and additions. Timber-framed, rendered, part underbuilt and part cased in painted brick. Plain tile roof. Single-storey and attic with gabled cross wing to right and later additions to right and rear. Range to left: cased in brick, 4-panel door to left. Tripartite sash with glazing bars to right. C20 canted bay to left gable end. Cross wing underbuilt in brick. Half-glazed door with C20 casement to right. 8-pane sash above. Range to right projects and under a catslide roof. Interior: left range has fine plaster ceiling divided into 4 panels by ovolo-moulded beam and longitudinal beam with run-out stop. 3 of the panels have scrollwork borders with mythological beasts and a central square boss flanked by large fleur-de-lys and Tudor roses. The panel adjacent to the present entrance from the cross wing contains 4 parallel strips of scroll decoration. Ground floor of cross wing has large chamfered beams with run-out stops. Inglenook fireplace with bressummer. Original rear wall studded and contains Tudor-arched doorway. To first floor some framing visible including chamfered jowled post, chamfered tie beam and studded walls.

Listing NGR: TM0757435388