The Chequers Inn

The Chequers Inn is a building of probable 16th or early 17th-century origin, with later alterations. The High Street facade presents a symmetrical stucco finish, with a first floor that overhangs and is supported by timber brackets. Large gables are located to the right and left, topped by a central parapet and ridge tile roof. The building has two storeys and an attic with gable windows, and a central gabled dormer. The ground floor features painted weatherboarding in the centre, above a stucco plinth. There are two half-glazed and panelled doors, with a square-paned window centrally positioned. A casement window is on the left, and a splayed projecting bay window is on the right. The first floor has three sets of widely spaced mullioned casements, each featuring ornamental moulded dripstones. A painted panel is situated beneath the central window, displaying the inn sign. The central parapet has moulded stucco coping, and ornamental 19th-century bargeboards adorn the gables and dormer. A projecting wooden post holds a suspended inn sign. The London Road elevation is of painted brick with a painted brick plinth, two storeys, projecting eaves and gutter, and a hipped mansard tiled roof with sprocketed eaves. Two flat-roofed leaded dormers include sliding casements. The ground floor has a central half-glazed and panelled door with glazing bars, a rectangular fanlight, and a flat projecting bracketed hood. A splayed projecting bay to the left of the door contains sash windows with glazing bars and a moulded headpiece with a flat roof. A projecting oriel window to the right of the door has square-paned casements with top lights, a dentilled headpiece, and a flat roof, supported by two carved brackets. The first floor features two tripartite sash windows with glazing bars, and a rainwater pipe is centrally positioned. A projecting wooden arm holds a suspended inn sign. To the left of the main facade is a projecting, 18th-century addition constructed from painted brick, featuring a random stone plinth, moulded eaves and gutter, and a hipped tile roof. This addition has one sash window with glazing bars on the ground floor and two similar sash windows on the first floor.