Rose And Crown

The Rose and Crown is an inn that dates from the early to mid 17th century, with later alterations and additions from the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as 20th-century modifications. It is constructed of rubble and rendered, featuring a double Roman tiled roof with brick ridge and gable stacks, along with pantiles, slates, and plain tiles. The original layout was a two-room through passage plan, which has been expanded with additions on both sides and a wing to the right, creating an L-shaped plan.

The west elevation is two storeys high with four windows. The ground floor includes a canted bay with a hipped slate roof, a 20th-century door with a timber lintel, and a 2-light casement. There is also a canted bay in the angle of the L-plan, which was the original location of the door to the through passage, topped with a plain tiled roof. The first floor features four 2-light casements of varying sizes, including one 20th-century window on the right. The roof is higher over the three bays on the left. The two-storey wing on the right has a door and a 9-pane fixed light, along with a 2-light casement under the eaves. Attached to the left is a single-storey pantiled addition, which was formerly a stable, and has two 2-light casements.

The right return includes a single-storey addition with a blocked window in the gable end and two 20th-century doors at the rear. Decorative bargeboards adorn the gable end of the two-storey wing. The rear features a single-storey 20th-century addition with a concrete double Roman tiled roof and modern windows at the back of the single-storey addition to the right.

Inside, there is a beam along the right side of the through passage that has mortices for a screen, and the floor level is slightly lower to the right. There is a chamfered door frame to the left with a segmental head, and a rear passage door that has been blocked, leaving the timber lintel in place. A winder stair is located to the rear left, next to a fireplace on the left of the passage, which has a heavy cambered wooden lintel and chamfered and stopped beams. The first floor was not inspected. The inn has been in operation since 1742 and is noted as the birthplace of John Gully, the champion prize-fighter of England, born on August 21, 1783.