The Old Crown

The Old Crown is a 16th or early 17th century building, originally one storey and attic in height. It is constructed of coursed rubble stone, laid in alternating broad and narrow courses. The upper part of the north gable is timber-framed with brick infilling, all painted. The roof is thatched, with an old brick stack in the centre of the main west block. The north elevation, facing the road, has a gable on the right with a 3-light horizontal sliding sash window on the ground floor and a modern 3-light casement above. A door is located on the left (in the east wing), and a small window is set into the thatch. An early 19th century wrought iron lamp is fixed to an elaborate scrolled bracket near the north-west corner. The east gable of the east wing has a 5-light stone mullioned window on both floors, with old metal casements. The south elevation features two 3-light stone mullioned windows with moulded hoods and labels on the ground floor. A three-light stone mullioned window is on the first floor to the left, and a later casement is set into the thatch on the right. The east elevation of the main block has a ledged door on the right, a 3-light oak mullioned casement in the centre, and a modern 2-light window on the left. On the first floor, there is a 3-light oak mullioned casement on the right and a later 4-light casement set into the thatch on the left. A tiled valley runs along the angle where the wings meet. The west elevation has a small window in what was formerly a doorway on the left, a wide small-paned sash window, a stone oven projection with a tiled offset, a 4-light oak casement, a modern thatched lean-to porch over the old ledged front door, and a 4-light oak casement on the right. A raised brick section on the right-hand side has two modern 3-light oak mullioned casements to the first floor.

Inside, the ground floor north-west room contains a large stone inglenook fireplace with a chamfered lintel and an old salt cupboard door. The overmantel is early 17th century moulded plasterwork featuring six panels alternating soldiers' heads in roundels and floral motifs. The south room has an early 18th century bolection-moulded wood chimneypiece with a cornice. On the first floor landing, a short section of 17th century balustrade has thick turned balusters.