The Choughs Public House

The Choughs Public House is a house that has been converted into a public house, likely dating from the early 17th century. It is constructed of squared flint with limestone quoins and Ham Hill stone dressings, topped with a plain tile roof featuring a crested ridge and brick stacks, except for a stone stack on the left gable end. The gable ends have stepped stone copings. The building has a double-depth plan with a rear right wing, creating an L-shape.

It stands two storeys high and has a three-window range. There is a 20th-century door located off-centre to the right, accompanied by four-light stone mullioned windows under a hoodmould to the right and a similar five-light window above, set in a likely 19th-century Ham Hill stone forward-facing gable. The centre of the first floor features a small two-light stone mullioned window. To the left, there is a two-storey canted bay, probably from the 19th century, with a ground floor that has a fixed three-light window in a painted wood frame with Tudor-style arches and coloured leaded lights. The first floor of the bay has a five-light stone mullioned window under a Ham Hill stone forward-facing gable with moulded kneelers. The first-floor windows were likely reset during re-roofing in the late 19th century.

At the rear, there is an extension made of limestone rubble, which includes a four-light stone mullioned window in the gable at first floor level and part of a hoodmould over a 20th-century ground floor casement window. Inside, the ground floor features chamfered beams, while the first floor has plasterwork that is now cased in and not visible. Similar architectural features, such as the porch, can be found in Waterloo House and Manor Court on Fore Street, as well as Chard School on Fore Street, suggesting an early 17th century or even late 16th century date.