The Rose And Crown Public House

TQ 32 NW CUCKFIELD LONDON ROAD 1/71 The Rose and Crown Public 6.4.70 House GV II Inn. Possibly late C16 or early C17 in origin with C17 features but refronted in C19. Timber-framed building, the ground floor now clad in painted brick, the upper floors tile hung with slate roof. 3 storeys, 1:3:2 windows. Second floor has 1 tripartite casement, ground and first floors are tripartite sashes with glazing bars and horns. Bar front with splayed bay. The rear elevation has 2 gabled dormers. 2 end external brick chimney stacks, the north one late C16 with base of sandstone. 3 detached square shafts set close together under a single capping. The Saloon Bar has a sandstone late C16 4-centred arched chimneypiece with the initials 'W B A' and the date '1688' carved in the spandrels. Chamfered spine beam but otherwise the interior has been refurbished. (See VCH, Vol VII p 148).

Listing NGR: TQ3056225014