Taw River Inn

The Taw River Inn is a 16th-century inn with 17th-century alterations located in Sampford Courtenay. It features rendered stone rubble walls and a gable-ended thatched roof. The building has a tall rendered stone axial stack with drip moulds at the base, and a granite ashlar stack at the right gable end with a moulded cap. The plan consists of a three-room layout with a through passage, where the lower end to the right is heated by a gable end fireplace. The hall stack is positioned against the passage. Originally, the inn had a central hearth and was open to the roof over the hall, likely retaining this open hall design until the early to mid-17th century after the insertion of the stack.

The inn is two storeys high and has an asymmetrical four-window front featuring late 19th-century four-pane sashes, except for the two right-hand windows, which include a 16-pane early 19th-century sash on the first floor and a 19th-century two-light casement below. A wide 19th-century panelled door is located to the right of centre leading into the passage. On the first floor, there are two granite date stones set into the wall, with the left stone inscribed 'WH 1660' and the right stone, shaped like a shield, inscribed 'WH 1694'.