The Rock and Fountain Inn PH

The Rock and Fountain Inn is a public house, likely dating to the 17th century with later alterations. The building has two main storeys plus an attic, with rendered exterior walls and a two-storey gabled range extending to the west. The roof is slate, with overhanging eaves, and three chimneys: two gable chimneys and one axial chimney. The western and axial chimneys are built of rendered brick, while the eastern gable chimney is large, projects significantly from the gable and is constructed of rubble with two diagonally set shafts. Dormers are present on the front, each with a pair of six-pane casement windows, and one rooflight is on the front while another is at the rear.

The front elevation features an off-centre doorway approached by a small flight of steps. Flanking the doorway are horned, twelve-pane sash windows, and a small cellar door is located to the right. A splayed bay window extends from the eastern end, with a 20-pane sash window facing forward and eight-pane, horned sash windows on each side. The first floor has five windows; three are cross frame windows with lower opening leaded lights. Above the cellar door is a small, original three-light timber mullioned window, circa 1640, with diamond-leaded lights, possibly re-set from elsewhere. A larger leaded casement window is to its right, and two smaller casements are in the eastern gable end. The rear elevation has a projecting 19th-century gabled range with six-pane casement windows and loft doorways on the first and second floors. A deep lean-to is positioned at the eastern end, with a small window facing the road.

The ground floor has uneven levels which reflect the building's development. Stone-flagged floors are present throughout. The main bar features a large, modern, rubble inglenook-style fireplace with an applied timber bressumer on the left-hand side. To the right of centre is a smaller, modern rubble fireplace also with an applied bressumer. In the room furthest to the right, a late 19th / early 20th-century stone chimneypiece features, embellished with floral spandrels. Chamfered beams are a feature, with the joists appearing to be relatively recent additions supported by modern cast corbels. A modern straight timber staircase, with a roll-moulded handrail, straight balusters, and newel finials, rises between the eastern and western rooms. A modern pointed arch doorway provides access on the eastern side.