The Besom Inn, 75 High Street

The Besom Inn is an early 19th century public house that incorporates earlier fabric and has undergone alterations around 1890, 1910, and 1954. It is a two-storey, six-bay, gabled building with an L-shaped plan, featuring a projecting single-storey window at the front with a slate roof and bracketed eaves. The exterior is constructed of stugged ashlar sandstone with droved ashlar dressings and includes a base course. The building has regular fenestration, with steps leading up to a two-leaf timber-panelled entrance door for the pub on the left, which has a small-paned fanlight above it. To the right, there is a timber-panelled entrance door to a flat.

The windows feature a mixture of glazing, with 12 panes in the upper sash and plate glass below in the timber sash and case windows on the left, while the upper floor has non-traditional glazing. The roof is covered with Welsh slate, and there are brick stacks with yellow clay cans.

Inside, the pub has a simple yet appealing layout consisting of three areas. There is a small lobby with inner doors to the right and left, featuring etched glass that reads 'Bar' on the right and 'Smoke Room' on the left. The main bar area has timber panelling up to dado height, a curved timber-panelled bar counter, and a timber gantry with an integral clock and mirrors, the central mirror etched with crossed brooms (besoms) and thistles. The Smoke Room is located to the left, while the Coldstream Guards room is situated at the rear, featuring full-height timber-boarded walls.