Ye Olde Edgar

Ye Olde Edgar is an inn that has been converted into two houses, likely dating from the late 16th century, with restorations and alterations over time. The building features a timber frame that has been partly replaced with brick, and it has plaster panels and grey slate roofs.

The exterior consists of two storeys with two deep bays. The first storey is mainly painted brick and includes brackets at both ends, along with a repaired heavy, gently-curving bracket at the north-east corner that used to extend from the pavement to the jetty. The windows are replaced mullioned and transomed casements, set proud of the wall on brackets, with one window having three lights, another with two lights, and a third with three lights. There is also a repositioned doorway with a part-glazed door on the south side, facing Lower Bridge Street. The jetty-bressumer on the front supports round-ended joists with a sole-plate above.

On the second storey, there is light close-studding facing Lower Bridge Street and Shipgate Street to the north, without an intermediate rail. Two mullioned five-light casements on brackets feature leaded glazing, and there are two timber-framed blank gables, one of which suggests that there was once a narrow gap between the two houses. A tall brick chimney is set back just north of the valley, with another chimney further back.

The facade facing Shipgate Street has a bracket supporting the jetty, a one-light window, a part-glazed door, and a three-light mullioned and transomed casement on the first storey. The second storey has a two-light leaded mullioned and transomed casement in each main bay, along with one in the pebbledashed rear bay. The attic storey features a four-light mullioned leaded casement in each of the two timber-framed gabled dormers. The rear of the building is clad in brick, likely from the 19th or 20th century.

The interior could not be inspected, but plans indicate that there are cellars beneath No.88.