Stag And Hounds Public House

BINFIELD

SU87SE FOREST ROAD 674-1/12/60 (North side) 07/12/66 Stag and Hounds Public House

GV II

Hall house, now public house. Mid C15, altered and extended C17, C18 and C19. MATERIALS: Part timber frame encased in painted brick, part painted brick. Old tile hipped and gabled roofs of various heights over different builds. PLAN: Irregular plan, original rectangular plan of 2 framed bays, extended on south and west with 2x2 framed bays, and further extended on north and south. EXTERIOR: part single storey, part 2 storeys. 2 chimneys with clay pots. Sash windows with glazing bars, C19 and C20 casement windows with glazing bars. Entrance (east) front: left hand section C18, taller 3-bays with parapet. First bay on first floor blocked. Entrance in right hand bay has 6-panel door in moulded doorcase, top 2-panels in door glazed, overlight with interlaced glazing bars, pedimented hood over on wooden brackets. Centre section has single bay cross gable on left, formerly jettied, having canted bay on ground floor with 3 sash windows, and 3-light casement on first floor. On right of this, 2-bay section with two 3-light windows on first floor, one 3-light and one 2-light casement window on ground floor with planked door between, now disused. Right hand section has single storey with dentilled brick eaves and with C20 entrance door on left. INTERIOR: most of timber frame visible in older section. Large joisted ground floor, partly with C17 inserted ceiling. Redundant crown post roof, jowled posts. Large C17 inserted chimney and fireplace in second framed bay.