British Legion Clubhouse

The British Legion Clubhouse is a building with a complex history, originating as a late 16th-century house. A parlour crosswing was added in the 18th century, followed by an 18th-century extension to the rear. In 1949, a British Legion Hall was added to the southwest.

The original part of the building is timberframed with some brick infill and tilehanging, topped with a tiled roof and featuring two brick chimneystacks. The 18th-century addition is brick with a tiled roof. The southeast elevation of the original building features two storeys and two windows, with 20th-century wooden casements incorporating leaded lights. The parlour crosswing has a gable showcasing exposed timberframing, partially filled with brick and tile. The ground floor beneath this crosswing is rendered and includes two triangular buttresses constructed from stone and brick. Part of the lower elevation is tilehung on the first floor and rendered on the ground floor, with a plank door flanked by two casement windows.

Attached to the left is the 1949 hall, characterized by thin timber framing with red brick infill and a steeply pitched tiled roof with a large gablet. The northeast elevation has a timberframed first floor with red brick infill and a red brick ground floor. The northwest elevation displays a gable—tilehung—with exposed timberframing and painted brick infill below. A projecting 18th-century addition obscures parts of the 16th-century timberframing. This section is brick with a steeply pitched tiled roof, featuring casement windows; one on the first floor and three on the ground floor, including one within a cambered-headed former doorcase. A late 18th-century lean-to addition is located to the left, with a small 20th-century addition to the right, mirrored by the 1949 hall with a matching elevation.

The ground floor of the 16th-century section contains an open fireplace with a wooden bressumer and built-in seats, along with exposed floor joists and axial beams with two-inch chamfered edges. A 18th-century winder staircase is also present. On the first floor, a central room displays an exposed tie beam and two plank doors. A rear room includes an 18th-century wooden fire surround and plank doors. The 1949 hall incorporates brick and tiled piers, timber beams with bolted knees, and an open fireplace with a wooden bressumer.