2, Bedford Street

No. 2 Bedford Street is an ornate corner building designed in the Jacobean revival style by Edward Blore in 1852, located on the site of the ancient Moot-Hall. The building has two storeys made of mottled brick with shaped gables, featuring facades measuring 45 feet and 15 feet facing Bedford and Woburn Streets, respectively. It includes red brick dressing and moulding around the mullioned windows, which vary in size.

A notable feature of the building is the Town Clock, which is situated on a tiled roof near the crossroads. The wooden clock tower, dating from around 1700, has a square base that supports a carved cupola formed by eight columns, which enclose alternate round and flat arches. This is topped by a deeply moulded cornice, above which rises a pagoda-like lead roof from an octagonal base to a slender pinnacle. An ornamental wrought iron spike extends even higher, carrying a gilded weather vane and two onion-shaped red wooden finials. A drawing from 1813 shows this structure on the original Moot-Hall.