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The Chequer Inn is a historic 15th Century coaching house (believed to date from around 1440) in the Conservation Area of the old market town of Steyning, in the Horsham District of West Sussex, United Kingdom. English Heritage has listed the building at Grade II for its architectural and historical importance. In previous centuries, apart from supplying accommodation and a change of horses for passenger or mail coaches, the Chequer Inn also acted as a Court House, Jail, Auction Room, Post Office, Coroner's Inquest Office, Trading Post and an important local meeting place. The Chequer Inn had a 25-foot mahogany dining table in the first floor dining room where meals of mutton, beef, pigeon, and pheasant were served. In the 19th Century, the Inn had eight bedchambers, ranging from gentlemen's rooms with curtained four-post beds to the drovers' quarters containing straw beds or palliases. About six servants also lived in the inn. ==Pub history== The Chequer Inn is timber-framed. The western half is a Crown post cross wing. The heavy sooting, seen on a plastered division within the roof is often an indication of a mediaeval open hall. Some decorative, combed plasterwork can also be seen. This part of the building was probably built in the 15th century, or possibly a little earlier. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chequer Inn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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