The Hare And Hounds Hotel

The Hare and Hounds Hotel is an inn that has been converted into a hotel, originally built in the early 17th century and later remodelled and extended around 1720 to 1730. The front of the building features grey header bond brick with red brick dressings and has a gabled old tile roof, along with a 17th-century brick ridge stack. The original layout follows a three-unit cross-passage plan, which was extended in the early 18th century.

The building stands two storeys high and has an eight-window range, with four central bays that project forward. It features a gauged brick flat arch and a 19th-century flat hood above an 18th-century eight-panelled door on the left. To the left, there is a segmental arch over a 20th-century Venetian window, and gauged brick flat arches above five blocked windows. The ground floor has late 18th-century sash windows, while the first floor features sashes from around 1720 to 1730 with thick glazing bars and a raised red brick storey band.

To the right, there is a five-bay extension from around 1720 to 1730, constructed in similar materials and style, which includes a 19th-century flat hood over double doors with an overlight, late 18th-century ground-floor sashes, and first-floor sashes from the same period. The rear of the building has a two-storey stair-turret from the 18th century, adjoining a mid-19th-century two-storey lean-to with sash windows.

Inside, the left side features a 17th-century three-unit range with chamfered beams in the cellars, chamfered and stopped beams, and a chamfered bressumer over an open fireplace. The roof includes queen-post construction. There is a dog-leg staircase with turned balusters and turned finials on square newel posts. The ballroom on the right has dado panelling and a fireplace from around 1720 to 1730.