The Wheelwright'S Arms

The Wheelwright's Arms is a public house located on The Green in Matfield, documented in a will from 1729, which indicates it included a bakery at that time. The core of the building may date back even earlier. The ground floor is constructed of brick, painted white on the front, while the first floor features weatherboarding on the front and tile-hanging on the right side. The roofs are covered with peg tiles, and there are brick stacks.

The building faces east and is slightly set back from the road. It has at least two phases of construction. The main block is L-shaped, with a central front door and a rear right wing. A lower-roofed block with a two-span roof joins at the right end and likely serves as a secondary structure, featuring two front doors on the east elevation.

The exterior is two storeys high with an asymmetrical arrangement of windows: two on the upper floor and two on the lower. The right lower-roofed block has a hipped roof, while the taller block has a half-hipped roof. The central entrance is sheltered by a 20th-century porch with a hipped roof supported by posts, leading to an 18th-century plank door. The windows are primarily early 19th-century 16-pane sashes, except for the left ground floor window, which is a late 19th-century canted bay with small panes. The right block features a similar porch and an 18th-century plank door, along with one 16-pane sash on both the ground and first floors. The extreme right end bay contains a 20th-century plank door and a ground and first floor 3-light 20th-century casement window. This section of the building is used for private accommodation.

Inside, no original carpentry is visible in the bar area. A 19th-century pub sign hangs on the wall, advertising changes of horses for the Royal Mail, featuring painted lettering and a carved relief of a mail coach. The roof has not been inspected.