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The White Horse was situated on The Street.  The building is grade-II listed and had been a pub since 1660. After it closed in 2016 planning permission was given for conversion to residential use.

Listed building details:

Public house. c1600, extended c1700 and late C18, altered C19 and C20. Timber frame, plastered. Plaintiled roof. 3 cell cross entry plan with 2 bays added at parlour end, kitchen/brewhouse at service end. 1 storey and attic. Central C20 lobby entrance in a gabled porch, to left two 3-light glazing bar casements, one part opening, hoodboard, a C20 2-light casement to far left, to right a part opening 3-light casement and two 2-light casements with hoodboards; a 2-light gabled dormer to left, 3-light gabled and raking dormers to right. Central ridge stack between hall and parlour. Left end pentice boards, 2-light attic casement. Right end lean-to outshut, 3-light attic casement. To rear a dual 2:4 pane sash, a 2-light gabled dormer and a 4-light raking dormer, C20 lean-to addition. Interior: hall has stop chamfered storey posts and a cross axial binding beam, arched bracing in end walls, collars clasp purlins. Attached to right is C18 kitchen/brewhouse, 1 storey, 2 cells, projecting forward with a gable front, a 2-light glazing bar casement, steeply pitched roof with low eaves, brackets to plates, an architraved entrance to inner return. Central ridge stack, towards rear on inner slope an internal stack with offsets, rebuilt cap. Right return is brick with a door and weatherboarding towards rear. To rear a weatherboarded outshut with a hipped tiled roof.

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Name Dates Comments Kevin Lee 1966 Lived here with my Landlord Parents and Brother. Happy Times I was 12

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Picture source: Hania Franek