Back in the early 1800s, two small cottages existed on the site in the middle of the village next door to what is now Town Close
These two cottages could well have been knocked into one building that resides on the site today
A packet of deeds traces the history of the building from the early 18th century.
This may be the same building as the current one, or it may be an older building on the same site.
The countywide licensing register of 1876 states that this building was first licensed in 1846 as a beerhouse.
The premises comprised a tap room, a parlour, a cellar and a living room with two bedrooms on the first floor and a clubroom.
A store place with a copper for heating water, a three bay open shed (one bay of which was used as a store), a store place, a stable for one horse, two WCs and a further store place all outside.