Complex sentence: It was formerly known as the Halfway House, and contains original brickwork from the Halfway House, a tavern some 700 years old, mentioned by Chaucer, Pepys and Dickens.
Split into simpler sentences: It was formerly known as the Halfway House. It contains original brickwork from the Halfway House--a tavern some 700 years old, mentioned by Chaucer, Pepys and Dickens.