Old Fox Hotel

The Old Fox Hotel is a public house and hotel that was converted into a shopping arcade and offices in the mid-1980s. It dates back to the 17th century and has been altered in each century since. The building features a timber frame and brick construction, with a rendered and colourwashed exterior. The front wing has a slate roof, while the rear is covered with pantiles.

The structure has a seven-bay front range with cross wings at the rear that form an enclosed yard, which is now occupied by shops. The early 19th-century facade is three stories high and includes rusticated plastered quoins. There is a four-centred carriage arch located to the right of the centre, leading into the yard. To the left of this arch is a mid-19th-century public house front that has four arched glazed bays with pilasters and a cornice, along with a recessed canted doorway on the left, which is also glazed. Between the public house front and the carriage arch, there are two additional bays of arched glazing, each with a raised and fielded panel in the dado.

To the right of the carriage arch, there are two bays of altered sash windows and a glazed 20th-century doorway at the far right. The first and second floors feature a mix of sashes and casements, all dating from the 19th century or later. The gabled roof has two pitches, reflecting the two original builds, with a ridge stack located right of centre and a second stack on the left of the centre on the rear roof slope. The top of a hipped cross wing is visible behind the right-hand stack. The main cross wing in the yard has 8/8 sash windows from around 1770 in flush frames, while the rest of the building has a mix of 19th and 20th-century fenestration. The shopfronts are from the 20th century. Additionally, there is a north-east shop backing onto Church Lane, which is an early 17th-century timber-framed structure with a first-floor jetty to the north.