The Waldegrave Arms, East Harptree

A probable former church house of late-C15/ early-C16 date, now an inn, with an additional wing of C17/C18 date.

MATERIALS: constructed of local rubble stone with oak roof structure, clay pantile roof coverings and brick stacks.

PLAN: T-plan and of two storeys. The late-medieval east/west range appears to be of seven bays with an external stair on the south east wall. The later north/south range is of five bays.

EXTERIOR: the road front of the C15/C16 range has the main pub entrance to the right and a further entrance to a left bay. The openings across the façade are irregularly spaced and most have brick arches and architraves. The gabled end elevation of the C17 range stands forward to the right. It is finished in cement render and the tall plinth has a batter at both ends. The steep roof has coped verges to the gable ends. At the south flank is an attached two-bay cross-wing with a two-leaf door to the right with three steps, an eight-over-eight sash to the left, and a six-over-six sash above. To the left is a later single bay, also of two-storeys, with an eight-over-eight sash above a stone lean-to, which has a shallow pitched roof and timber service doors with strap hinges facing Manor Road. The gable end of the cross-wing has a modern central opening. The north flank of the cross-wing has a door at upper level served by a stone external stair, and to the left is a door at lower level into the earlier part of the wing. There is a window to the right of the door in an opening filled in red brick, and the wall below has a batter. Parts of the rear wall of the main block are exposed rubble, and others clad in timber boards.

INTERIOR: the ground floor of the C17 range is a single room with an inglenook at each end and an exposed first floor structure with substantial chamfered beams with run-out stops and substantial joists. Information regarding the other parts of the interior is not available except that it is recorded as having a late-medieval collar-truss roof to the earlier range.