The Pickerel Inn

The Pickerel Inn is an early 16th-century inn that underwent significant restoration in the late 19th century. It has two storeys and an L-shaped layout. The building is timber-framed but mostly covered in red brick, with ornamental tile-hanging on the upper part of the front. There is a large two-storey prostyle timber porch featuring a flight of steps on each side, a wrought iron balustrade, and a balcony. The front range has a slate roof with alternating bands of fish-tail slates, while the rear range has plain tiles. The inn features heavy late 19th-century three-light mullion-end-transom windows. An opening on part of the ground floor provides access to the rear yard. An intricately carved original fireplace lintel was removed during the late 19th-century restoration and is now located in Moyses Hall Museum in Bury St Edmunds. In the 17th century, the Pickerel belonged to members of the Boldero family.