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Picture source: Stephen Harris

The Valiant Trooper was situated on Trooper Road. This grade-II listed pub was present by 1753 when it was known as The Royal Oak. It became the Trooper Alehouse in 1803 following a visit by the Duke Of Wellington.

Source: Jack Nicholson

Listed building details:

House, now a public house for 2 centuries. C16 origin as a cruck framed building, heightened and extended in C17, S half of 2 storeys part projecting rear and brick fronted with 'ID 1769' and 'MD 1769' cut in the front. Long C19 low stable wing attached to N end extending E, converted to pub accommodation with glazed lean-to link at NW in 1980's. Timber frame roughcast N part with black stucco plinth, chequered red and black brick front and red brick to rear projection of S part and front of single-storey S end with matching shallower C20 S toilet extension. Steep old red tile roofs. Plum brick N stable range with plastered W part and hipped slate roof. Red tilehanging to S gable of 2 storeys part. A 2 storeys and attic, 2 windows long building with single-storey S wing, facing W on the bend in Trooper Road. 3-light, small-pane, casement windows with Yorkshire sliding casement to N part ground floor, and segmental arch to S part ground floor. A 3-light casement window and 4-panel, half-glazed door to low S wing. Large axial external N gable chimney. Small internal S gable chimney, and S gable chimney to S wing. Interior has exposed timbers, chamfered axial beams, large open fireplace with oven at N gable, clasped-purlin roof, and a diagonal corner fireplace served by the S gable chimney. The recent removal of a similar fireplace at the SE corner of the projecting rear part revealed the lower part of a cruck blade in the gable wall, the upper part of which has not been exposed. Called The Trooper Alehouse up to c.1890.

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