Old Town Place

Old Town Place comprises two houses, likely dating to circa 1690, though some sources suggest 1760. The houses are constructed of brick with ashlar and stucco dressings, and have a hipped tile roof with brick stacks at the rear. They are two storeys with an attic, arranged in a symmetrical 5-window facade, with a narrower central section projecting forward. The houses are of a double-depth plan and in a Georgian style. A top dentil cornice runs along the top of the facade. The round-headed entrance features fielded-panelled pilaster strips, unusual brackets to the cornice, and an archivolt with a key stone. Above the 6-fielded-panel door is a fanlight with thick glazing bars, and a lantern above. The windows have sills with painted brick aprons and rubbed brick flat arches with keys over 12-pane sashes, with horns on the first-floor windows. Three dormers are present, the central one having a 20th-century pediment replacing an earlier segmental pediment, each containing a 2-light casement window with small panes. The left return features a projecting section under a hipped roof, and there is a two-storey rear wing. The interior includes an open-well staircase with slender turned balusters. A single-storey, two-window wing with an attic to the right (No.4) features a top cornice and an entrance set within a brick projection, with a rubbed brick flat arch over a 4-flush-panel door. Windows have sills and rubbed brick flat arches over a tripartite 4:12:4-pane sash to the left and a 12-pane sash to the right, with two hipped dormers containing 2-light casement windows with small panes. A timber-framed gable and entrance are located at the rear. The building served as Town Offices until 1855 and functioned as a hotel for much of the 20th century.