The Robin Hood Inn (Nos.124 & 126)

The Robin Hood Inn, comprising numbers 124 and 126, is a public house dating back to possibly the 17th century, with later additions and alterations. The building is constructed of rendered and painted rubble stone, possibly incorporating some concealed timber framing, and has an asbestos cement slate roof with pantiles on the rear wing. The front range is a single depth, with a small rear wing and a much larger additional rear wing extending from it. The front range is two storeys high, taller than the rear wing.

The main entrance is positioned to the right of centre on the ground floor, featuring a moulded stone 4-centred arch with enriched spandrels and an oak plank door. To the right of the entrance is a modern 4-light mullion-and-transom window, and to the left a canted bay window with 1 + 5 + 1 lights, likely an original feature that has been rebuilt. Further to the left are a small cross-framed window and another 4-light window matching the previous one, both dating to the 20th century. The first floor has three casement windows of various sizes, positioned without regard to the ground floor openings. The roof is steeply pitched, with brick stacks on either gable and a single square-headed dormer on the left-hand side.

The right return features a 3-light window in the rear wing with a door below. The lower rear wing has two windows on each floor, all 19th-century sash windows, with a tall lateral stack between the windows and another to the right gable. The yard elevation has 20th-century features.

The interior ground floor has been extensively altered, with the original cross-passage blocked and the bar areas changed. Some original chamfered ceiling beams and joists are still visible. The first floor contains an exceptionally fine Great Room, which appears to have been redecorated in the early 17th century. It has deep moulded plaster ceiling beams with plaster friezes, and central decorated diamond motifs on the ceiling panels. A fine moulded stone fireplace is complemented by a decorated plaster overmantel with a figurative frieze. A rear room has moulded wall posts supporting chamfered beams. The building retains principal rafter roofs with ties and collars, mostly original, although some rafters have been replaced. The rear wing has been modernised for catering purposes and contains no visible older features.