Masons Arms Public House

SWERFORD A361 SP33SE (North side) 2/172 The Masons Arms Public House

GV II

Public house. 1831 on datestone. Marlstone ashlar and coursed squared rubble; Welsh-slate roof with brick gable stack. L-plan. 2 storeys. Ashlar front has a higher 3-window central section with flanking pilasters, storeyband and a triangular pediment which contains a limestone relief with arms and the date; the middle bay breaks forward below the main pediment with a smaller pediment above a first-floor window, and has an added shallow-gabled ashlar porch with a cambered archway sheltering a doorway with a blind tympanum and a door composed of radiating planks; the outer 2 bays have 2-light C20 casements except to left of the door where 16-pane sash is flanked by inserted narrow sashes. Left of the central section is a lower pedimented bay with a 3-centre arched doorway in a projecting surround. To extreme left, the end of a hipped-roofed range which returns to rear has a 3-centre arched carriage entrance with keyblock, now window. Right of central section is a corresponding bay, but without pediment, in which the projecting door surround is carried up to the eaves; its right end has a gable parapet. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SP3841330892