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The Bull was situated on the High Street. The grade-II listed building dates from the 1880s and replaced the original pub, which was destroyed by fire. John Brooker was the publican in 1828. The Bull closed in 2015 and has been converted into self-catering accommodation.

Source: Liz Taylor

Listed building details:

Public House. 1880s, built on the site of the 'Old Bull' which burnt down. Yellow brick with red brick dressings; peg-tile roofs; brick stacks with rendered shafts. Eclectic High Victorian. Plan: Facing north, directly on to the High Street. Asymmetrical plan, formerly 3 rooms wide plus a one-room plan block at the right (west) end. Exterior: The lively and very intact Victorian brick exterior is an important foil to the pre 1700 tile-hung and framed buildings in the centre of the village. 2 storeys and attic. The front elevation has red brick quoins and red brick segmental arches to the recessed ground floor windows and doors, the arches continued across the front as bands of brick moulded in a guilloche ornament with a nail-head moulding below. Moulded red brick corbel table below the eaves above a frieze decorated with roundels. The front gable has a red brick toothed banding to the verges. Terra-cotta finials to the gables. Original windows throughout with moulded timber mullions, high transoms and segmental-headed mullioned lights above the transom. Asymmetrical 3-window front, plus one window to the single-storey block at the far right end. One-window block at the left end, gabled to the front, the 2-window block, slightly set back at the right had a large half-hipped attic dormer. 2 original half-glazed doors into the right hand block of the main range, flanking a 3-light window. Similar 3-light window to ground floor left and 2 to the single-storey block at the far right end. Similar 2- and 3-light windows to the first floor and the attic gable and dormer. The single-storey block has a large ventilator on the ridge. The right (west) return of the main range is also very complete. Interior: The crosswalls between the 3 rooms have been partly removed. Carved chimney-piece to the left end stack. Original joinery survives including a stair and doors.

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