 Two stonemasons—Thomas Beere and John Cotyn—were engaged to build the chimney stacks and fireplaces, and to line the cellars and latrine pits.One of the final acts was the painting of the inn's sign, which was made by John Massyngham at Winchester in 1452.The completed structure consisted of 4 wings, with galleries on the upper floors of the north and south wings, enclosing a courtyard.