14 (Left Part), Market Place

No. 14 (left part) is a house that later became part of the King's Head hotel and is now a restaurant on the ground floor, with part of the upper floors used as a nursing home. It dates from the late 18th century and may include earlier elements. The building is constructed from coursed squared stone with an ashlar plinth, quoins, and painted dressings, topped with a roof of thin slates. It has three low storeys and a three-window range. The central porch features tapered wooden posts and a cast-iron balcony above a six-panel door. On either side, there are canted bay windows with 16-pane sash windows, and the first-floor 16-pane sashes and second-floor 8-over-4-pane sashes have painted stone surrounds. The roof is low-pitched. The interior has not been inspected. A plaque to the right of the door notes that Charles Dickens stayed here in 1838 when it was part of the King's Head hotel while he was preparing "Nicholas Nickleby."