Tudor House Restaurant

A pair of houses, later used as a bank and now a restaurant and shop, was constructed in the mid-17th century and restored in 1962. The timber-framed structure has plastered infill, with the ground floor rebuilt in the 20th century using yellow/grey sandstone and reconstituted stone. A rendered gable end faces the southwest. The roof is covered with plain tiles.

The timber framing features tall, rectangular first-floor panels with diagonal struts forming a chevron pattern, and an attic tier of quatrefoil panels beneath the eaves. The left-hand gable end has two tiers of quatrefoil panels and cusped, curved V-struts in the apex. The left-hand return front displays closely-spaced studs to the left, with a middle rail and diagonal struts forming lozenge patterns. The first floor and attic are jettied, supported by carved brackets featuring an ovolo-moulded and carved bressumer—mainly a vine trail motif, though some sections have been restored with a more stylized design. A jettied gable end has brackets supporting a billet-ornamented and partly carved tie-beam. The building is L-shaped and comprises three-plus-four framed bays.

The building has two storeys and an attic. Two 20th-century gabled eaves dormers with small-paned 2-light metal casements are visible. Stacks are not visible. The front has three windows on the first floor with glazing bar sashes and exposed boxes. The 20th-century ground floor features small-paned Tudor-arched metal windows. A pair of 20th-century Tudor-arched panelled doors with rectangular overlights provide entry. A carriageway to the right has a pair of half-glazed, 20th-century Tudor-arched doors. The left-hand return front includes a pair of restored gabled eaves dormers with a small-paned 2-light metal casement and a 3-light attic casement in the gable to the right. The first floor has three-plus-one windows; glazing bar sashes to the left with exposed boxes, and a 20th-century canted oriel to the right, featuring a 1-: 2-: 1-light configuration and a dentil cornice to the flat top. The ground floor has small-paned Tudor-arched metal windows.

The interior was only partly inspected, revealing ovolo-moulded ceiling beams and a framed dividing wall between a ground-floor room and the right-hand carriageway, with a sole plate, stone plinth, and a long, straight tension brace. Number 2 Shropshire Street is included within this block, and Numbers 1 and 3, Cheshire Street, along with Number 2, Shropshire Street, form an impressive continuous range with Number 4 Shropshire Street.