The Chequered Skipper Public House

The Chequered Skipper is a public house dating to 1900-01, designed by William Huckvale for Charles Rothschild. It is constructed of coursed squared stone with a thatched roof, and features right ridge and left end stacks with moulded ashlar linked double and quadruple flues. The building is an example of Vernacular Revival style. The plan is canted, with the central section projecting forward, its roof descending to first-floor level to create a verandah between two two-storey cross-wings. The cross-wings incorporate a three-light stone mullioned window with a hoodmould, above a similar four-light window. The verandah includes part-glazed doors and two- and four-light windows. A two-light and three-light dormer is set into the roof with picturesque asymmetry. A VR postbox is set into the gable on the right. Mullioned windows and doors are present on the ends and on extensions to the right and rear. The interior bar area is a large, single space. The public house forms part of a significant group of buildings on the model estate of Ashton, commissioned by Charles Rothschild.