The Cedars Hotel

The Cedars Hotel is a house that has been converted into a hotel. It has a core dating from the late 15th century, with a south block added in the early 17th century, and underwent remodelling in the mid-18th century. Large additions were made to the north and east sides in 1977. The building features a rendered and colourwashed timber frame, while the 17th-century wing is constructed of colourwashed brick, topped with plain tiles.

The main block is oriented north-south, with the entrance located on the east side. It stands two storeys tall and consists of three wide bays. The central entrance has 20th-century glazed doors set within an 18th-century doorcase, which includes fluted Ionic pilasters supporting a dentilled swan-necked pediment above a bolection-moulded frieze. The capitals of the pilasters are adorned with Composite foliage carving. To the left, there is a sash window with 8/4 glazing bars (previously 8/8), and to the right, a tripartite sash window with 8/8 glazing and 4/4 margins. The first floor features three sash windows, each with 4/4 glazing. The building has a wide modillion eaves cornice and a gabled roof that is hipped to the north, with a ridge stack positioned left of centre.

On the north side, there are three 6/6 sash windows on the ground floor and three similar windows above. The two eastern windows are centre-swivel imitations with glazing bars. The rear of the building has three projecting full-height gables, each with 20th-century two-light attic casements. The rest of the rear is obscured by the 20th-century additions.

The south block runs east-west and is two storeys high with an attic, built of English bond brick and featuring a first-floor platband. The gable facing the road has two 20th-century casement windows on each floor. The gabled roof has an internal gable-end stack to the east. The west gable showcases a 5-light diamond mullion window from the early 17th century, along with the remains of a 4-light similar window in the south return. The rest of the windows are from the 20th century.

Inside, the hotel retains a close-studded timber frame. The main entrance features multiple roll-moulded cruciform bridging beams, and there is a closed string dog-leg staircase with turned balusters. The south extension has plain bridging beams and an open fireplace to the east. The main roof structure was originally a crown post type, with a crown purlin and some cranked braces still visible, although the crown posts are no longer present. The roof of the south extension has clasped purlins and straight windbraces, while the rear gables have taper-tenoned purlin roofs.