The Devonshire Arms Hotel

The Devonshire Arms Hotel is an inn that likely dates from the 18th century but was reshaped in the 19th century. It is constructed from local lias stone, which is cut and squared, featuring a pecked finish on the facade, with Ham stone dressings. The building has a Welsh slate roof between stepped coped gables and stone chimney stacks. It stands two storeys high with attics and consists of five bays, where the first, third, and fifth bays slightly project and are gabled, topped with ornamental finials. The windows are double chamfered, with mullions and transoms, and casement infills; the outer bays have three lights, while the others have two lights, all set beneath square labels. The gables feature simple lancet vents with square labels. In the third bay, there is a projecting open stone porch supported by Doric columns, with a simple entablature and a pitched stone slab roof. The pediment of the porch contains a panel displaying the Devonshire Arms, which protects a panelled door. There is a small matching one-bay extension attached to the northwest corner. The interior has not been seen. By 1756, the inn was known as The Blue Ball, but from 1787 until the 1860s—possibly around the time of the refacing—it was known as The Buck's Held.