The Dragon Inn

The Dragon Inn is a former burgage house and inn, with a history as a public house spanning over 200 years. The building’s front façade dates to the early to mid-19th century and is designed in an 18th-century style, concealing a 17th-century remodelling of what was originally a medieval building. The construction uses freestone with a Cotswold stone roof. A coachway runs between two wings; the south wing appears to have been the storeyed wing projecting from the original hall, with a rear wing. Two chimneys are present: one of ashlar with moulded capping positioned to the right of centre, and another of brick to the right. The building is two storeys high, featuring a band above the ground floor and oversailing eaves courses. The first floor has three windows, each with paired glazing-bar sashes. On the ground floor, two outer bays are angled and set on stone bases, with a central entry featuring a segmental head. Two irregular two-storey extensions are located to the rear, with the south-side extension exhibiting heavily beamed structure incorporating reused timbers, likely from the medieval period. These timbers are thought to represent the site of the earlier hall. The coachway’s interior reveals a beam with evidence of a stud partition to the left and a tenoned spine beam with run-out stops and a plain ogee stop chamfer, overlooking a cobbled coachway.