26, Coppergate

No. 26 Coppergate is a house that has been converted into a restaurant. It dates from the late 15th century, with a 17th-century rear wing that was extended in the 19th century, and has undergone alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. The building was renovated in the late 20th century.

The front range is timber-framed, now featuring brick infilling, and is plastered and white-washed. It has a timber eaves band with quatrefoils and a bracketed cornice beneath a steeply-pitched tiled roof. The rear wing is constructed of brick, rendered and white-washed, with roofs made of slate and pantile. The brick stacks have been rebuilt.

The exterior showcases a three-storey, two-bay front range with jettied first and second floors, and a two-storey wing with a cellar at the rear. The shopfront includes a renewed glazed door and windows framed by plain pilasters and a moulded cornice on carved brackets. The first-floor windows are four-pane sashes, while the second floor features two-light casements. Ornate console brackets with a quatrefoil section are located beneath the second-floor jetty.

Inside, the lowest flight of a spiral staircase remains in the cellar next to the chimney breast on the right wall, although the upper flights have been removed. In the front range, the posts, braces, transverse beams, and spine beams are largely intact, including numbered second-floor joists that are visible on the first floor, and a studded partition wall without infill on the second floor. The original right end wall with studding and plastered infill is preserved on both the first and second floors. The front range features a fireplace with a tooled stone lintel on the ground floor, while the wing has a wide fireplace with a cambered timber lintel, a rebated cupboard, and a chamfered candle shelf. There are three small fireplaces, all with cambered brick arches, on the first floor. The house was known as The Market Tavern from at least the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century.