The Moot Hall

The Moot Hall, also known as The Old School House, is a market hall dating from the late 16th century. It underwent alterations in the 18th century and was restored in 1890 and again in 1923. The building is timber framed and plastered, featuring exposed framing and a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. It has a square plan consisting of two bays, with jetties on the northeast and southwest sides, an external chimney stack on the southeast side, and a stair tower on the northwest side. The building is two storeys high.

On the northeast elevation, there is a central four-panel door, flanked by two 20th-century metal casement windows on the ground floor and one on the first floor. The jetty has exposed joists supported by two original scrolled brackets. Above, the close studding is exposed and features reproduction arched braces. The roof is hipped.

The southwest elevation has a base wall made of red brick approximately one metre high, above which are five blocked 'shop' windows with four-centred arched heads, most of which have been restored, with the westernmost being entirely a reproduction. Above this, the close studding is again exposed with reproduction arched braces. The original brick chimney on the southeast side has an arched recess at the base with a moulded label.

Inside, the ground floor features a plain-chamfered axial beam with lamb's tongue stops, and exposed joists that were originally plastered to the soffits, along with 18th-century fielded pine panelling. The ground floor was originally mostly unwalled, possibly accommodating four stalls on the southwest side, but it was enclosed for use as a school in the 18th century. The first floor has jowled posts, angle ties for the hip rafters, and crossed beams connecting the mid-wall posts, with rafters boarded to the soffits. The only hearth was originally located on this floor. The stair tower was initially an open structure with arched braces that remain in place, but the restoration added false jetties on two sides and a false shop window to the southwest.