Currently the oldest surviving house in Houghton, the former George and Dragon Inn stands on the northern side of the Green.

Originally a yeoman farmer's house built around the end of the fifteenth century, it later became the George and Dragon Inn. It is now a private house and still shows off its original external wooden beams, albeit slightly out of the vertical.

Originally, the building consisted of a central hall, open to the roof since central heating comprised a hearth on the floor. There were two-storeyed cross-wings at either end, one of which has now been separated off to form Black Horse Cottage.