The Old Black Lion PH

The Old Black Lion Public House is a two-storey building with a plinth, featuring a roughcast front with two windows for the Black Lion and one window for the adjacent rubble Antique shop on the left. The building has a slate roof that is hipped at the right end and slopes down to the corner, where it has lower eaves, likely indicating the 17th century cross wing. There are low rubble end chimney stacks, particularly on the right side which has weather-coursing, and a central stack at the ridge. The windows are mainly small pane sash types; the Antique shop has one window on the ground floor that is partially blocked, possibly where a former doorway was, and Victorian sash windows on the first floor. The vertical break in the centre of the Black Lion suggests a junction between the 17th century forward cross wing and the 18th century refronting. The entrance to the Black Lion is on the left, featuring a bracketed hood and a half-glazed door, with a similar central entrance for the Antique shop. There is a small pane sash window at the right end, along with a significantly modernised gable-ended cross range and an attached modern extension. The lower cross range at the rear right is partly occupied by the Antique shop; the outer verge is raised, and a modern dormer has been added to the inner side, with a rubble chimney breast on the end that has been heightened in brick.

Inside, the building retains significant 17th century details, including exposed beams in the bar, some of which are stop chamfered. There is a curved stone staircase leading to the cellars, which has a partially cobbled floor. Evidence of the building's widening includes a former three-light timber frame window on the first-floor landing. The broad staircase has had its balusters removed. The first-floor corridor features some fine reused 17th century wainscoting with carved flowers in the panels, while other panelling is Georgian. The most notable room is the Cromwell room, created by flooring in an open roof hall; it retains a half loft/gallery with a roll stop chamfered bressummer and a modern balustrade, along with pegged posts and wall panelling. The Antique shop has an altered interior, with a stop chamfered beam in the central passage and dado panelling in the parlour.