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This is an undercroft and town house, likely dating to the mid-14th century for the undercroft, with the structure above rebuilt in the early 17th century and refronted in the early 19th century. The building is constructed of sandstone, timber frame, and brown brick, with a grey slate roof.

The undercroft now houses a shop and is accessed via restored stone steps leading to the Row level. The Row front features painted brick end piers, three slender Tuscan cast-iron columns, and a cast-iron railing. The pub fascia conceals a bressumer, with a central console bracket supporting a cross beam. A two-panel door and two four-pane flush sashes are also present. A rear passage is located to the far left. The third and fourth storeys are of Flemish bond brickwork, with three 16-pane recessed sashes on the third storey and three 12-pane unequal sashes on the fourth, featuring painted stone sills and wedge lintels; a painted cornice completes the facade. The roof is hipped to the front.

The rear gable end has replaced windows, some cambered window heads, and a large east lateral chimney of old brick and a smaller west chimney. A visible oak beam sits on a large post over the rear passage, supported by an oak tie-beam to the gable truss.

The undercroft is 8.8 metres wide and has sandstone rubble walls. A central timber arcade of four bays, now partly damaged, features massive “samson” posts, some replaced or duplicated in brick or timber, and carries an arch-braced bridging joist with arch-braced cross-beams slotted for joists.

At Row level, much of the probable 17th-century timber frame is concealed. The east party wall contains large timbers, and an early open-well stair with an adjacent inglenook is located to the rear. The stair has pierced-vase splat balusters, and steps are covered. On the third storey, framing of large scantling is visible in the front of the eastern front room, alongside an early 18th-century corner chimneybreast and a moulded plaster beam. A fireplace against the east wall in the rear room features a mantel on corbelled stone piers and a plaster overmantel displaying the Royal and Corbett arms, adorned with a frieze of sea-monsters similar to that found in a nearby building.