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Picture source: Hania Franek
The Falcon was situated on Church Street. The building dates from the mid and late 16th century and is grade-II* listed. James Copland was the innkeeper until 1621. During the 19th century the building had various uses including as a workhouse and a Working Men’s Reading Room. The legend of the inn was that Shakespeare was a regular and engaged in a drinking contest. It is now a private residence.
Listed building details:
Former Inn. Mid and late C16. Lias in alternating wide and narrow courses, limestone dressings. Continuous stone drip-mould above 1st floor. Timber framing with lath and plaster infill to one gable and rear. Tile roof; large stone chimney stacks with renewed brick shafts. L-plan. High street frontage: 2-storey mid C16 four-window range has timber framed cross gable with leaded casement. Stone mullioned windows throught. Late C20 French window on ground floor. Church street frontage:2-window range and late C16 three storey and attic 2 window range with 2 symmetrical gables. Door has 4-centred arch, moulded architrave and hood mould. 1st floor has two 4-light windows with transom. 3-light windows on 2nd floor, 2-light in gables. Wood and lead gutters. Rear wholly of exposed timber framing. Interior altered: straight flight staircase. Some exposed timber framing, with small amount of wattle infill surviving in the attic.
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Date of photo: 2019	Picture source: Hania Franek