The White Hart

The White Hart is an inn that was originally a house, dating from the late 17th century, with a single-storey extension added to the rear northeast in the 20th century. It is constructed from rubble and roughcast, topped with a pantiled roof featuring gable stacks. The building has a T-plan layout with symmetrical facades and includes rear wings. It stands at 2½ storeys high and has five windows, all of which are three-light casements with wooden mullions that are square on the outside and ovolo on the inside.

The central gabled porch has had its rendering removed to reveal the timber in the gable, and there is a small light with a chamfered frame and iron diamond stanchion above each bench. The entrance features a two-panel door with raised mouldings, strap hinges, and studs on the reverse. There are two attic dormers, each with a three-light casement.

Inside, the two ground floor rooms showcase rebated and stopped ovolo mouldings on the main beams. The north room features a wide fireplace with a wooden lintel that has stopped ovolo moulding, spit brackets above a bread oven in a pointed recess to the left, and a kettle bracket to the right, along with an arched cupboard. The south room contains a large bolection surround fireplace with flanking panelled cupboards; the left cupboard retains one splat baluster of a vent panel, and the fireplace wall is panelled.

A fine staircase with turned balusters sits on a chequered chip-carved string, featuring a heavy moulded handrail, incised risers, and moulded bulkheads. The staircase is tight and rises to the full height of the house, with the attic flight lacking balusters except for half balusters carved on the newel posts. The rear wing originally housed a dairy and pantry, which was extended in the early 18th century with the addition of a storey block that includes a room with a cheese loft above and a milk cellar approximately one metre deep beneath the rear wing.