Ann Elizabeth Health Foods The Reindeer Inn

The Reindeer Inn and Ann Elizabeth Health Foods comprise a public house and shop, originally a single public house dating to the early to mid 16th century, with substantial additions in 1570, 1624, and 1637. The building is located on Parson’s Street, Banbury, and is designated a building of more than special architectural or historic interest.

No. 47, forming the Reindeer Inn, has a core dating to the early to mid 16th century, with rear additions of 1624 and 1637, known as the Globe Room. No. 48, now Ann Elizabeth Health Foods, includes a section of approximately 1570, incorporating a carriage entrance. The building is constructed of mixed stone and timber framing, with No. 47 utilising limestone and stucco, and No. 48 featuring star-patterned timber framing above the carriage entrance and roughcast on the first floor. The roof is covered in Welsh slate, with a brick ridge stack. The building is two storeys plus an attic, arranged over six windows. A courtyard plan is created by L-shaped ranges.

The ground floor of No. 47 features six renewed sash windows and a six-panelled door. The carriage entrance to No. 48 has panelled gates dated 1570, inscribed "IHON KNIGHT * IHONE KNIGHT * DAVID HORN," secured with wooden pegs. A modern shop front occupies the right-hand side of No. 48. The first floor of No. 47 exhibits three wooden mullioned and transomed windows, along with a large wooden mullioned and transomed window above the carriage entrance. No. 48 has two sash windows with glazing bars and moulded wood surrounds. Five gabled roof dormers are present, featuring moulded eaves and opening casements.

The rear of No. 47 is a two-storey and roughcast timber-frame structure, incorporating 17th-century additions. The Globe Room contains a renewed wooden mullioned window, and a six-light stone mullioned window with hood mould and label stops to the cellar. The rear of No. 48 presents a three-storey range with a jetty at the second floor, featuring renewed casements within oriel windows, and a double-gabled dormer above the carriage entrance.

The interior of the Globe Room retains 17th-century panelling and an interior porch. Plaster casts of the ceiling are held by the Victoria and Albert Museum. The roof of No. 47 is reportedly characterised by arched windbraces.