Shaven Crown Hotel

The Shaven Crown Hotel is a medieval hostelry that dates back to the late 14th or 15th century. It has undergone alterations in the 16th century and was modernised and restored in the 20th century. The building is constructed of rubble with freestone dressings and features Cotswold stone roofs with coped verges and irregular chimneys, some of which are now dummy.

The hotel has a courtyard plan with a hall facing the road and two-storey flanking wings, with the right-hand wing noticeably angled. It includes mullioned windows with labels. There is a through passage to the right of the hall, featuring large high Tudor arch entries with panelled spandrels and labels, along with an early plank door that retains one possibly medieval hinge. The hall contains two two-light windows with decorated heads to the right of the entry, possibly indicating the location of a staircase. The left-hand wing has a two-light foiled head window on the first floor and an original octagonal chimney stack with small corbel-heads.

Inside, the hall features a spere truss, a restored screen, and a four-bay roof structure with moulded timbers and arch-braced trusses. There are two minor and one central principal truss, which appears to be a raised cruck, along with two rows of windbraces. A Tudor arched doorway is located at the north-west end, with a similar door leading to the first floor above, possibly indicating stairs. The room over the north end was likely the solar and has a roughly arched plaster vault. In the north wing, there is an inserted 15th-century fireplace and a 17th-century fireplace in another room, beyond which is a one-bay manor dovecote. The courtyard features attractive irregular elevations, with a four-bay west range that has a slate roof and contains a large 17th-century fireplace.