2, Earsham Street

No 2 Earsham Street is a 17th-century building that stands two stories tall with an attic and features three dormers on the front. The structure is constructed of brick with a colourwashed finish, and it has a band and plinth. The roof is tiled. The front has six windows, three of which face the Market Place. On the Broad Street front, there are four original leaded mullion transom windows on the first floor, while the other windows are sashes in flush frames that have replaced the originals, all featuring flat arches. The ground floor previously housed a garage and a butcher's shop, both with wooden fronts. There is a six-panel door with a blank arched fanlight set in a wooden case supported by Doric columns and topped with an open pediment. To the left are modern shop windows. Inside, there is a barrel vaulted ceiling with original plaster decorations and a cornice, along with a well dated 1540 and old cellars that date back to an earlier building destroyed in the fire of 1688. Nos 2 to 4O form a group.