The Crown

The Crown is a former farmhouse that has been converted into a public house, likely dating from the 15th century. It has rear additions from the 18th century and mid-20th century. The building is timber framed and plastered, topped with a thatched roof. It has a three-cell layout and stands two storeys high, featuring three mid-20th century two-light small-paned casement windows. The entrance is a lobby with a semi-glazed door from the mid-20th century. There is an internal stack with a plain red brick shaft and a later stack on the outside of the left gable end.

Inside, it is probably an open hall house, although the evidence from the frame is not definitive. The building has widely spaced studs, paired tension braces in the upper gable end, and reverse-curved braces at the service gable end. The hall features a mid rail, while the side walls of the end cells do not. There is one original diamond-mullioned window in the service end, with indications of further original diamond-mullioned windows in the hall on both the ground and upper floors. There are mutilated remains of paired two-centre arched service doorways, and the service partition does not extend above the ground floor. Additionally, there is a two-centre arched doorway leading into the parlour. Half of the rear cross-entry doorhead remains in place, while the other half has been moved to the opposite end of the bar. Above the hall chamber is a flat tie beam with short braces to the wall posts. The ceiling joists in the parlour have original trimming for a wide opening, though its exact purpose is unclear. The rest of the floor joists are concealed. The coupled-rafter roof shows signs of sooting, but there is no clear evidence of sooting on much of the structure below. A stack has been inserted into the upper end of the hall.