The Crown Inn

The Crown Inn is a house that has been converted into an inn, dating from the early to mid 18th century, with some alterations made in the mid 19th century and further changes in the 20th century. The building is constructed of slatestone rubble, with the front rendered. It features an asbestos slate roof with ridge tiles and gable ends, and has gable end stacks with brick shafts.

The inn has a double depth plan, with a central entrance leading to a large room on the left and a smaller room on the right, both heated by gable end stacks. There are two shallow service rooms at the rear, and a one-room plan addition from the 19th century on both the right and left sides at the back.

The exterior is two storeys high and nearly symmetrical, with a three-window front. All the windows date from the mid 19th century. The central porch is a 20th-century gabled wooden structure that is open at the front, leading to a 19th-century four-panelled door. To the right and left of the porch are single lights with Gothic glazing, and on the outer sides are sashes with wide margin glazing. The first floor has three similar sash windows, while the right end is blind. The left end is also blind, but has a single-storey addition with a loft, featuring a plank stable-type door and a small single-storey addition at the end with a 20th-century window.

At the rear, the first floor has three early 19th-century 16-pane sash windows and one 20th-century window. The ground floor includes a 12-pane window on the left and, on the right, an addition with a 19th-century two-light six-pane casement. There is also a single-storey 20th-century lean-to addition along the rear that conceals the former rear doorway.

Inside, the partition wall between the former entrance passage and the left room has been removed, and both the left room and passage have a slate floor. The left room features an end fireplace with a wooden chimneypiece, a mantel on brackets, and a cupboard recess to the right. The ceiling beams are plain and date from the 19th century. A straight staircase in the former passage has stick balusters and a columnar newel. The front left window has two panelled shutters and a built-in settle to the left of the fireplace. The room on the right has a fireplace that has been rebuilt in the 20th century, and the partition walls between the rear service rooms have been removed.