Durant Arms Public House

The Durant Arms public house, formerly known as the Ashprington Arms, is located in an estate village and likely incorporates elements of an earlier building, although it was largely remodelled or rebuilt in the mid-19th century. The exterior is of rendered stone rubble, with the left-hand cross-wing featuring exposed painted stone. It has a slate roof with gable ends and deep eaves; the right-hand end has plain bargeboards with a pendant at the apex, while the left-hand cross-wing and one dormer have ornate wooden bargeboards, also with pendants. Brick shafts are visible on the left-hand gable end stack and an axial stack near the right-hand end.

The building's plan suggests a mid-19th century remodelling, with a left-hand cross-wing likely used as the innkeeper's accommodation, a central stairhall, and two rooms to the right that were originally heated by back-to-back fireplaces. The smaller right-hand room was apparently a cider bar, while the larger room served as a bar. The cross-wing was originally divided by an axial partition, and there's an internal window from the rear room to the entrance hall, which was removed in the 20th century when the wing became the bars and the two right-hand rooms were converted into the publican's private accommodation.

The exterior presents a two-story, asymmetrical four-window facade. The left-hand cross-wing features a 19th-century wooden canted bay window on the ground floor, with diamond-leaded panes and a slate hipped roof. Above this is a 19th-century two-light window with a moulded wooden frame and diamond-leaded panes, with an iron casement to the left light and a bracketed moulded sill. Similar casements are found in the main range to the right, though the ground floor window to the left is of three lights and the left-hand first-floor window, located within a half-dormer, is a 20th-century replacement. A plank door is situated under an open porch with a hipped slate roof, supported by timber posts with arched braces. A single-story lean-to on the left side of the cross-wing has a hipped roof and a plank door on the front, alongside a diamond-paned two-light casement.

The interior retains some 19th-century joinery, including panelled doors, a dog-leg staircase with steel balusters, a turned newel, moulded handrail, and a closed string. A 19th-century 16-pane sash window in the entrance hall, overlooking a back room, is said to have been used for wage and rent payments. An early 19th-century painting depicting the building on the site, roughly the same shape as the current structure, is in the possession of the present occupant and indicates it may have been built in 1725 according to the deeds. The building is included for group value.