The Four Horseshoes Public House

The Four Horseshoes Public House, originally a house and later 3 dwellings, dates to the mid to late 15th century. It was substantially altered in the late 16th century, extended in the 17th century, and further altered and extended in the 20th century. The building is timber-framed and plastered, with thatched roofs. It began as a 2-bay open hall, likely storeyed, and was later extended at both ends into a long range. It is predominantly one storey with an attic.

The main entrance is positioned roughly centrally within a 20th-century gabled thatched porch. A second lobby entrance is situated between the hall and parlour on the right side, both entrances featuring 4-panelled doors with architraves and cornices. There are 3-light glazing bar casement windows, a 4-light window to the parlour, and four 3-light gabled dormers. A rebuilt axial ridge stack is located between the hall and parlour. The right gable end has a 4-light casement window in the attic, with exposed plates and purlins at both ends. A pantiled lean-to addition extends from the rear, and a large late 20th-century wing stands behind the service bay.

Inside, the ground floor hall has an inserted floor with a stopped roll and outer hollow moulded cross axial binding beam set into secondary, stop-chamfered storey posts. The hall also features roll-moulded joists and brattished, roll-moulded cross beams. Original posts retain open truss arched braces springing below the inserted floor. The parlour end has been largely rebuilt, showing cranked tension bracing in the end wall, with altered framing in the service bay. Original joists remain within the service additions, which include an internal round brick well and a removed 16th or 17th-century wall painting of an eagle from the upper storey ceiling. The first-floor frame is mostly concealed, with arched bracing in the walls. The original open truss has a tall octagonal post with roll-moulded necking and capital; the base is concealed. It features 4-way arched braces and presumed lower end has a square post with longitudinal bracing only. The smoke-blackened rafters extend beyond the inserted stack and over the service bay, and the roof has been altered at both ends with collars clasping side purlins.

Attached to the service end is a low, pantiled addition connecting to a converted 19th-century stable building, with timber framing, plaster, and a pantiled roof. This stable has four bays, 20th-century segmental-headed casements, a central ridge stack, and an entrance in the right return.