Saracen'S Head Inn

The Saracen's Head Inn, located on Brook Street, is a mid-18th century building with a rainwater head dated 1769. The front has been refaced in colourwashed roughcast, and it features a Welsh slated roof. The inn is two storeys high and has four sash windows with glazing bars. The red brick yard elevations include a ground floor with a pair of Venetian windows, arched panels, and a pedimented doorway. Above, three windows alternate with arched niches that contain terracotta statuettes, and there is some chequered brickwork present. The old tiled roofs are adorned with modillioned wood cornices. A second doorway is designed in a Palladian style, featuring Greek Ionic half columns, sidelights, and a central semi-circular traceried arch. Inside, the inn boasts fine panelling and a good original staircase with carved spandrels, turned balusters, a moulded handrail, and Doric newel posts.