The Wheatsheaf Inn (EHER 25299)

Early 16th public house with 17th century additions.

NRHE data transfer: The Wheatsheaf Inn. Public House. 16th century or earlier with later additions and alterations. RCHM 17. Grade II. <1> The Wheat Sheaf Inn is of two storeys with a cellar. It was built early in the 16th century, with a central hall and with a small staircase wing in the middle of the west side. In the 17th century a north-west wing was added, and there are small modern additions at the back. On the east front the upper storey projects and is supported by three moulded brackets; at the top of the lower storey, are remains of a moulded beam. Inside the building, in the middle of the original block, are original moulded joists and ceiling-beams, carved with running foliage. In the wall between the former hall and the staircase wing is an original doorway, with a four-centred head, now blocked. The north wall of the original block is covered with old panelling, now whitewashed. <2> See also: <3>