A sixteenth to seventeenth century timber-framed inn, refronted in the early nineteenth century and altered in the mid-twentieth century. It has a continuous frontage with the former butcher's shop to the left. A gravestone in the churchyard is to Thomas Lloyd Davies, Checkers Inn, died 1812. The inn is marked on the 1839 tithe map and was run by Mary Weaver at the time. The 1858-9 and 1880 directories record that it was run by Charles B. Williams, a grocer, and also agent for the Salop Fire Office in 1858-9. In the 1920s it was run by E.T. Davies, who also had a butchers shop in the premises to left. The Montgomery Cricket Club held their dinners here from the later nineteenth and continue to use it for post-match refreshment.
Source: Welton, A, and Welton, J. 2003. The Story of Montgomery: Logaston Press: 97-99, 108, 142, 152-153,168-169
RCAHMW, October 2007.