The Eagles Inn

The Eagles Inn is a large inn dating back to the 17th century, with later additions and alterations. The main section is constructed of rubble with a pebble-dashed finish, stucco, and painted brick dressings, topped with steeply pitched slate roofs. The inn is two storeys high and comprises an L-shaped block, two near-contemporary gabled ranges to the rear and side, and a taller extension from around 1900 that adjoins the street at a right angle.

The main block features a large stone chimney to the right-hand range and an angled entrance set within a recessed porch projection. The porch has pilasters, a string course, and oculi (round windows) within the painted brickwork. The entrance itself has a boarded door with a cambered head and elongated painted voussoirs, while the ground-floor windows are sash windows with 8-pane upper and 2-pane lower sections, similarly framed. Smaller 4-pane sash windows are found on the first floor, some with projecting sills and decorative stucco surrounds. Newer windows are present on the rear ranges; the western range has a shallow-pitched roof and two squat brick chimneys, dating to around 1900 and now reduced in height. A high rubble wall runs flush with this range, projecting to the rear and partly enclosing a small yard. A large sloping buttress is located where the wall meets the end of the range. The 1900 extension is built of painted brick and displays a two-window facade with large wooden mullioned and transomed windows, brick cambered heads, projecting keystones, and moulded brick banding between the two floors. A sloped lean-to extends to the front right, and a plain rendered chimney is located on the right gable end. The street-facing end has a moulded brick parapet with terracotta ball finials and a steep lean-to roof.

The inn’s interior follows a lobby-entry plan. A ground-floor plaster overmantel, currently obscured in a passage, is inscribed with the date 1643 alongside the initials "IFF" and a double-headed eagle in relief. Further, simpler plasterwork initials ("E I R") and ribbed decoration remain visible in the main bar. A large inglenook fireplace with an exposed bressummer is also present. It is recorded that a first-floor bedroom contains plasterwork decoration including the date 1627 and the initials "FR," though these were not visible during the inspection.