of the main road through the village, opposite Mulberry House. Ivalls and Holt Cottages Ivall's Cottage, a Grade II listed building since 1985, is located opposite the post box near the village green. The cottage was originally built during the 16th century, with late 18th century and early 19th century additions with contemporary extensions at the sides. The cottage is built from red brick and flint in Flemish bond, with cambered openings on the ground floor with a part-thatched, part-tiled roof. The roof is hipped at the west end, with lower eaves at the rear intercepted by eyebrow dormers. Ivall's Farm House is on the south side of the road near the Star Inn. It is a timber framed and cruck-built (A-frame) tiled roof building with a lobby entrance, previously a farmhouse, originally built around 1600. The south end dates to the 18th century.The tiled roof, with four small gabled dormers, half-hipped at the north west angle, was restored in the late 20th century. It became a Grade II listed building on 31 July 1963. Holt Cottage is a small thatched cottage situated on the edge of the village and was built in 1503. A Grade II listed building since 31 May 1985, much of the current building dates to the 17th and early 19th centuries. The roof is half-hipped at the south end and hipped at the north, with painted brickwork in monk bond. Public houses Near the centre of the village are two public houses: the Star Inn, which was licensed in 1848, opposite the village green, and the Sun Inn, which was licensed beginning in 1838, which sits at the top of Sun Hill, on the road to Alton. There was a third pub in the village called the Moon Inn (also known as the Half Moon) which was demolished around 1948; just north of the church in Drury Lane. Transport The nearest railway station is 3.6 miles (5.8 km) east of the village, at Alton. Between 1901 and 1932 Bentworth & Lasham station was available to passenger traffic on the Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway. It was located just north of the present A339 road between Bentworth and Lasham and was designed by John Wallis Titt. The station opened on 1 June 1901 and closed during the First World War on 1 January 1917. The line was reopened in 1924 as area residents pressed for the