Rose And Crown Inn

The Rose and Crown Inn is a 16th-century timber-framed building that was rebuilt in its current form in the 17th century. The south front was refaced in the late 17th century, and a bay was added to the west in the late 18th century, with further rear additions made in the 19th century. The building features square-panelled timber-framing at the rear, with flint and limestone bands at the front, cob on the west bay, and a thatched roof with brick stacks.

Originally likely designed as an open-hall plan in the 16th century, the structure has undergone significant alterations to create a 17th-century plan with additional rear extensions. It is two stories high with a six-window front. A six-panelled door located to the left of center has a tiled canopy and a chamfered doorcase. To the right of the door, there is a 20-pane sash window and a 16-pane sash window to the left. The first floor features six recessed chamfered 2-light mullioned windows. The one-bay addition to the left includes a chamfered recessed 2-light mullioned window on the ground floor and a 20-pane sash window on the first floor. The left return has a 20th-century casement window on the ground floor, while the right return has an external brick stack with offsets and a 20th-century flat-roofed extension.

At the rear, there is a single-storey brick lean-to extension with a Roman-tiled roof. To the left is a 20th-century flat-roofed extension, and to the right is a 19th-century single-storey addition made of cob, featuring a pantile and Roman tile roof with casements. Inside, the timber-framed rear wall is now within the 19th-century lean-to extension. The 16th-century roof, as recorded by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, has smoke-blackened timbers, two tiers of purlins, and some curved wind braces, along with evidence of a screens passage and a division between the lower service end to the east and the open hall to the west. The 17th-century inserted ceiling has deeply chamfered beams with step and run-out stops. Most fittings are from the 19th century, including four-panelled doors, and the ground plan has been remodeled in the 20th century.