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Picture source: Movement80

The Wheatsheaf was situated on North Street. Now a private property named 'Wheatcroft', the building is grade-II listed.

Listed building details:

Inn, now house. Early/mid C17 and C18, altered and extended C20. Coursed limestone rubble with wooden lintels; Welsh-slate roof with stone-and-brick gable stacks. L-plan. 2 storeys. 2-window front of C18 range has a central doorway, plus 12-pane sashes at first floor with stop-chamfered lintels and tripartite sashes below, one re-sited. Lower C20 wing breaks forward to left and incorporates an earlier subsidiary range. Large C17 rear wing, returning from left end of C18 range, retains some old casements with stop-chamfered lintels, and has a canted 2-storey projection, probably formerly a staircase. Large stack on rear gable has 2 diagonal shafts, part ashlar and part brick. Interior: C17 range has stop-chamfered joists and beams, plus a large open fireplace with canted sides and a heavy bressumer with bold chamfer-stops. Formerly The Wheatsheaf Inn. C20 extension is not of special architectural interest.

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