The George And Dragon Public House

The George and Dragon is a public house with origins in the early 17th century, significantly enlarged in the late 19th century and with a further extension around 1960. The original section is timber-framed, with the ground floor underbuilt with Flemish bond red brick and the first floor clad in peg tiles. A later section is timber-framed and clad with weatherboards, while the 20th-century extension is of red brick. All sections include brick stacks and chimneyshafts, and peg-tile roofs.

The building has an irregular layout, following a ‘T’ shape. The main block retains significant elements of a two-room plan from the 17th century. The larger room, on the left (east) side, originally had a gable-end stack before the 20th-century extension was built. The smaller, unheated room on the right was incorporated into later arrangements along with the 19th-century crosswing, now used as bars and service rooms, including a kitchen to the rear. Both sections have projecting lateral stacks.

The 17th-century section is two storeys with attic space; the 20th-century extension is single-storey. The front portion of the 19th-century wing is two storeys, the rear portion is single-storey.

The front elevation is irregular. The 19th-century wing projects, featuring a ground-floor 20-pane sash window and a first-floor 16-pane sash. A front doorway, approached by steps, contains a 20th-century part-glazed door with a shallow flat hood. The roof above is hipped on both sides. To the left, the ground floor front of the 17th-century block is largely hidden by a porch that was built with the 20th-century extension, but a 19th-century 18-pane horizontal sliding sash window is visible at first-floor level. The 17th-century roof is gable-ended on the left and hipped on the right, continuing over the 19th-century service block. The rear service block also features a couple of 19th-century horizontal sliding sash windows.

The interior retains much of the original timber framing, though some has been removed from the ground floor. Evidence of a jettied west end is visible inside the bar, within the 19th-century section. The heated room has a 4-panel intersecting beam ceiling, with stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. A large brick fireplace has a plain oak lintel. Evidence of the original ground floor crosswall is visible in the bar serving area. On the first floor, the plan remains intact. The larger room mirrors the ground floor with a 4-panel intersecting beam ceiling. The fireplace here is blocked, and alongside the stack is a likely original winder stair leading to the attic. The roof is a 3-bay structure of tie-beam trusses with clasped side purlins, diminished principals, queen struts, and some curving windbraces.

According to local residents, the attic was used for cockfighting in the earlier 20th century.