White Horse Inn

STOKE ASH IPSWICH ROAD TM 17 SW 1/83 White Horse Inn 29.7.55

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Public House, former coaching inn. Early to mid C17, extensively altered and extended mid C19. Timber framed and plastered. Whitewashed brick ground floor. Steeply-pitched plaintiled roof. Large 3 cells with a 2-bay kitchen wing to rear to form a T on plan. 2 storeys and attics. Entrance in C19 gabled porch to right of centre with octagonal angle piers, segmental-headed outer opening. Flanking cross casements with chamfered mullions and transoms, outer bays have similar 6-light mullion and transom casements. Offset plinth, English bond brick on ground floor, plat band to first floor with 3, 4 and 3- light casements; all windows have hoodmoulds. Gables over each cell with 2- light casements, wavy finialed bargeboards. Ridge stack to left of centre rebuilt in C19 with moulded head to base, 4 separate round shafts with helical mouldings. Gable ends have similar casements, an entrance with a segmental pointed arched head to left. Kitchen wing extends to rear right with a similar ridge stack with fluted shafts. To rear left a C19 whitewashed brick addition with a shallow slate roof, stack with 4 diagonally-set shafts. Interior. Stop-chamfered cross-axial binding beams, frame largely concealed, double arched braces from posts to tie beams removed, cambered collars to side purlin roof. C19 staircase with ramped handrail and turned newel post. A C20 extension to rear links to a rendered timber framed outbuilding with a pantiled roof.

The asset was previously listed twice also at List entry 1181040. The asset was removed from the List on 27 February 2018.