5 And 7, Market Hill

5 and 7 Market Hill are two houses and shops that now serve as business premises. They date from the mid-16th century, with early 19th-century elements, and have undergone rebuilding and refurbishment in the 20th century. The buildings feature timber framing, gault brick, and roofs made of clay tiles and slate, arranged in a T-shaped plan across three storeys.

The front east elevation consists of two early 19th-century brick houses, each with two windows. They share a central stack and have another stack at the northern end. A brick string course runs between the first and second floors of the southern unit, while another string course is located between the ground and first floors of the northern unit. The first-floor windows are sashes with glazing bars, arranged in a 3x4 pane configuration, while the second-floor windows have a 3x3 pane arrangement. The southern unit has a plain carriageway and a 20th-century shop front that has been completely renewed, featuring fluted pilasters with consoles and a window with glazing bars arranged in 8x5 panes. There is also a fielded panel door. The northern unit has two round-headed recessed windows, which are sashes with 3x4 panes.

The rear west elevation has been restored in the 20th century. The southern end of the street range features first and second-floor 20th-century sash windows with 3x4 panes, and the ground floor has a door with six fielded panels. There is a gambrel-roofed, one-and-a-half-storey framed wing to the west, covered in clay tiles, with red brick stacks at both ends. The ground floor on the southern side has two casement windows with glazing bars, arranged in 4x2 and 5x2 panes, while the first floor on the west end has a 2x2 paned casement. The northern side elevation is jettied with heavy joists. To the west, there is a 20th-century two-storey block, L-shaped and cranked to the north, with a rendered ground floor and a weatherboarded first floor, all featuring casement windows with glazing bars. There is a doorway at the junction with the one-and-a-half-storey unit, which has a door of six fielded panels and a lean-to clay-tiled porch.

Inside, the interior has mainly been reworked in the 20th century, but the rear range jetties to the north and consists of three bays, with flat laid joists of mid-16th-century type featuring diminished haunched soffit tenons. A photograph taken in 1878, which is retained within the premises, shows the building when it was known as the Green Dragon public house.