Uppingham Bookshop And The Sports Shop

Uppingham Bookshop and The Sports Shop is a house that has been converted into two shops, dating from the 16th or 17th century. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a Collyweston stone slate roof with coped gables supported by decorative kneelers, along with stone end stacks. The building is arranged in an L-plan, with the block at the rear likely being the earlier section.

The structure has two storeys and an attic, with a moulded plinth. The street-facing block has a 20th-century carriageway to the left and a shop front designed by Albert Richardson to the right. On the first floor, there is a four-light ovolo-moulded stone mullioned window to the left, and two 6/6 sash windows in architraves made from reused ovolo mullions. The right-hand south window has replaced part of a mullioned window, of which three lights remain to the right. There are also two gabled dormers with two lights each.

The rear block features a central gable and two- and three-light mullioned windows, some of which have cornices above the 20th-century shop front. A stair turret is located at the angle of the building, complete with a coped gable and some blocked mullioned windows. The original newel stair with solid oak treads survives from the first floor level, although the lower part of the stair has been removed; the treads appear to have been reused to create a cellar stair at the rear. The larger room on the first floor of the front block boasts a fine jowled stone fireplace with a Tudor arch in a square surround. The smaller first-floor room to the west features an early stained glass window with small panes set in geometrically patterned leading. The building was formerly a public house known as The King's Head, later renamed The White Hynde.