The New Inn

MEETH MEETH SS 50 NW 3/186 The New Inn - 28.2.77 GV II Inn. Circa mid C17, altered in C20. Partly rendered rubble and cob walls. Gable ended thatch roof. 3 gable end brick stacks to main range and one at either end of left-hand section. Plan: the main range to the right was originally of 2 room plan with central passage, each room heated by an end stack. A wing projecting from the left-hand end was probably a C18 addition. The partitions between the 2 original rooms have been removed. At the left-hand end of the building is a parallel range which was probably a separate cottage orginally. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front with wing projecting at left-hand end. Small paned C20 casements on ground floor, on first floor to right and an inner face of wing are C19 2-light casements with Gothic tracery in heads. C19 3-light casement to left and centre on first floor. Slight central projection has C20 plank door; similar door to inner face of wing. Attached former cottage set back from left- hand end has 4-window front of C20 2-light casements with central C20 gabled porch and plank door. Interior: only original feature evident is a C17 fireplace which has a chamfered and hollow step-stopped wooden lintel and an oven in the right-hand side.

Listing NGR: SS5477808249