Virgina Ash Hotel

The Virgina Ash Hotel is an 18th-century inn, believed to be built on Tudor foundations. It features local stone coursed rubble, which is rendered on the south elevation, and a Welsh slate roof with stepped coped gables, while the rear has a plain clay tile roof. The building has two storeys and three wide bays on the south elevation. It includes a plinth, plain pilaster strips between each bay, and a dentilled eaves course. The windows are 12-pane sash windows, with the outer bays having composite windows that include added 4-pane sashes on each side, all set in plain surrounds. The central entrance has a part-glazed door with an architraved surround that features a triple keystone. There is a 20th-century extension on the west side with a flat roof behind a parapet, along with further extensions to the north along Ash End, which include an elaborate wrought iron bracket with a hanging sign at the first floor level. The interior has not been seen. The name of the hotel comes from a story about Sir Walter Raleigh, who was doused with water by a waiter who thought he was on fire while enjoying a tobacco pipe.