George Inn

The George Inn, originally a pilgrims' hostel, dates to the late 15th century, with further development in the 16th century and a substantial reconstruction of the street facade in the late 19th or early 20th century. The street facade is rendered and has a pseudo-timber-framed appearance, but the central throughway reveals heavy timber framing, including an external gallery, and much of the rear is built of dressed limestone. The front roof slopes are concrete tiled, while the rear has stone slate. The building is complex, comprising a main block with a projecting wing to the left, containing the external gallery, and a deep wing to the right. It is two storeys high and has a six-window front, varying from two-light and one-light windows to two gabled oriels supported by brackets. The windows are 19th-century casements with transoms. To the right are two small canted oriels above a 16th-century moulded bressummer which originally supported a jettied upper level. At ground level, there are two 19th-century garage doors, a mullioned and transomed window beneath a gabled one, a 20th-century door recessed under a tiled hood, a small three-light bay under a second gabled oriel, and a heavily framed doorway with the initials R.K. (Abbot Robert Kyderminster, who lived from 1488 to 1527) in the spandrels of a four-centred arch. This doorway leads to the throughway and gallery. To the right is a five-pane plate glass former shop front. The rear wall, constructed of squared and coursed limestone with stone slates, displays dates of 1581 and 1706, and includes two continuous strips, various chamfered mullion three-light casements, a blocked door with architrave, and a chamfered surround to a four-centred arched door with a small single light above.