Alma Inn (Part)

The Alma Inn, part of a public house, dates from the early to mid 16th century and the 19th century. It features a timber-framed structure with pebbledash and clay plain tile roofs.

The building is two storeys with attics. The front has a timber parapet and a tripartite, canted oriel bay window on the first floor, which contains double-hung sash windows with small square panes. The ground floor consists of five bays with pilaster piers, a double door, two single doors, and two bays of windows. The stall risers and lower parts of the doors have raised-and-fielded panels, and there is a continuous fascia between console stops. All window and door glass is etched.

On the rear elevation facing the yard, there are black glazed pantiles and a flat-roofed dormer. The frame is exposed, revealing original 16th-century brick nogging infill and two frieze windows with moulded mullions. A short bay to the northwest has black tarred weatherboarding. The rear ground floor features a part Welsh slate and part patent glazed single-storey extension.

At the rear, there is a two-storey timber-framed extension that connects with the Eastgate Street range. This extension is rendered, has a Welsh slate roof, and includes 19th-century double-hung sash windows with small panes. A large stack penetrates the roof, and the ground floor is recessed to allow for a through route.

Inside the main block, there are two bays of elaborately moulded timber-framing, some of which is exposed. The building includes moulded bridging joists and spine beams, which were formerly jettied to the street. The upper floor has a jowled post and part of a central tie beam exposed, with a mortice for a missing tie beam brace. The north wall retains the remains of a contemporary stack, with the hearth now forming a cupboard that features reused mantel beams. The framing in the northwest wall appears 'open', and the roof has been rebuilt, suggesting the loss of a third wall.