Great White Horse Hotel

The Great White Horse Hotel, located at 43 Tavern Street, is a notable building originally constructed in the 16th to 17th centuries and later refronted in the early 19th century. It gained fame as the inn featured in Charles Dickens' "Pickwick Papers." The current façade is made of grey gault brick, featuring a parapet and a rusticated stucco ground storey. The hotel stands three storeys tall, with a seven-window range on the Tavern Street side and a two-window range on the Northgate Street side.

A three-storey wing with five windows extends north, accompanied by a later two-storey wing with seven windows at the northern end on Northgate Street. All windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars, set in painted reveals and topped with stuccoed flat arches. The ground storey includes a stucco doorway flanked by wide panelled pilasters, Ionic plain columns in antis, and a cornice supported by paired brackets, featuring a figure of a white horse above. The roofs are slate-covered.

Part of the original internal courtyard has been glazed over, although some remains preserved in the current lounge. The interior retains original features, including some double-hung sash windows with glazing bars and small panes, an oriel bay window, and exposed timber-framing.

The Great White Horse Hotel, along with Nos 31 to 41 (odd) and other listed buildings in Northgate Street, forms a significant group within the area.