Old White Hart P.H.

The Old White Hart is a public house, likely dating to the 18th century, constructed of whitewashed stone rubble with Welsh slate roofs. The building is composed of three wings. The south-west wing is single-storey with an attic, while the other two wings are two-storeys high. The south-west wing has a stone stack with a weathered top, the middle wing has a rebuilt brick stack (rebuilt after 1921) to the left, and a stone stack to the right, and the north-east wing has a modern stack.

The south-west wing features a three-light, cambered headed window with 6 + 6 + 6 small panes on the ground floor, alongside a stone cross-passage doorway with an arched head and chamfered jambs, and a wooden boarded door. Above this, a wide gabled dormer contains a three-light wood casement window with 4 + 4 + 4 small panes and remnants of an old dripstone.

The middle wing has higher eaves, and the windows are not aligned. The ground floor contains an original three-light stone hollow-chamfer mullioned window with a dripstone, and to the right, a three-light, segmentally headed casement window with similar small panes. Two two-light casement windows with small panes are on the first floor.

The north-east wing was originally an outbuilding with a thatched roof. It now contains a cambered headed doorway with an overlight to the left, alongside a large three-light transomed cambered headed window. A small, modern two-light window and a small single-light window are set to the right (this was formerly a doorway). Three three-light casement windows with small panes are on the first floor.

Most of the windows on the main elevation are from the mid-20th century and are deeply recessed into the wall, with the exception of the original stone mullioned window. The rear elevation was not visible at the time of a resurvey in March 2003.

A front path to the south-west wing is bounded by low stone walls terminating in gate piers with rendered coping; a garden wall returns to the south-east angle of the building.

The interior has been altered for public house use, but the original plan and details remain visible. A doorway from the cross-passage to the middle wing has an arched stone head and probably replaced, unchamfered jambs. A fireplace with dressed stone jambs and a wooden bressumer is located in the south-west corner of the middle wing; a stone fireplace is present near the stairs in the north-west wing. Seats are positioned in front of the ground floor windows, and a fireplace dating to around 1800 with a stone arched head is located at the north-east end. The upper floor was not inspected during the resurvey.