The Rose And Crown Public House

GODALMING MILL LANE SU 9643 NE 12/169 (north side) The Rose and Crown Public 16.2.77 House GV II

Hall house, now pub. c1500 altered later C16, C17, C18, C19 and C20. Timber- framed with brick and plastered infill, front rendered and scored as stucco, rear wing of brick. Plain tile roofs. 2 storeys with cellar; 3 bays, with 2-storey side-outshut added to left and 1-storey-with-cellar, 1-bay addition to left again; wing added to rear right. Road front: main range: on right, steps up to recessed C20 door with wooden doorcase and canted bay window on right, all under wooden canopy box; canted bay window above has 6-pane sash with 2-pane side-lights and flat roof; iron bracket with C20 pub sign on right. To left, two 6-pane windows in reveals to each floor, all of different size. Large stack to rear left. Outshut addition has 4-pane window to 1st floor and coped parapet. Far-left bay has cellar window, 4-pane sash, eaves stack on left, and on left return a loading hatch with 6-pane window over. Rear: wing on left has two tiny lights to gable and end stack; inner return has sash with glazing bars in reveal. Two right-hand bays masked on ground floor by single-storey addition (not of special interest) but 1st floor has exposed timber framing with arched braces. Interior: cellar, under wing, has very large brick chimney with 2 bread ovens; room above has chamfered joists with lambs tongue stops. Parts of original timber-frame visible. Roof not inspected but reported to have heavily- sooted timbers, clasped purlins and wind braces and gablet (DBRG report). The c.1500 hall house had a chimney and floor inserted in the later C16, and wing added to rear right in the C17. Domestic Buildings Research Group, Report No 1427.

Listing NGR: SU9675843817