The Bull Inn

The Bull Inn, located on Bridge Street and including No. 86 High Street, is a public house that was built in the early 16th century as a high-quality town house. It features a three-cell cross-passage entrance plan and has two integral shops. The building stands two storeys tall and is constructed with a timber frame and roughcast exterior. The upper floor juts out over both Bridge Street and High Street. The roofs are covered with plain tiles and have axial chimneys made of red brick, along with 19th-century ornamental bargeboards.

The windows date from the 18th and early 19th centuries, with some featuring wrought-iron casements. The 19th-century entrance doors are boarded, and the doorway to No. 86 High Street has two fielded panels. The exposed framing on the outside is limited to joists and brackets that support a moulded bressumer, along with a richly-carved corner post. This corner post, though weathered, displays traceried panels at the base, an embattled frieze, a winged human or angel figure, an embattled capital, and a traceried spreading head.

There are blocked original openings with four-centred arches, some of which are damaged. These include both cross-passage doorways, a shop doorway next to the front door, a pair of wide shop windows, and another doorway and window in what was once a separate shop room. Inside the hall, the upper half of the original main window remains, featuring chamfered square mullions with little arched spandrels. The building showcases high-quality close-studding with arch and tension bracing. The large fireplace in the hall and the one in the chamber above both have cambered lintels.

A wainscotted cross-passage screen, possibly from the later 16th century, is present. The first-floor joists in the hall and parlour cells are roll-moulded, and the main beams are also embattled. An original door located in the service end is notable for its linenfold enriched planking. Above the parlour chamber, there is a crownpost roof with a plain square post at the open truss, which is two-way braced and shows traces of original red paint. A cell to the right of the entrance from High Street appears to be older, featuring moulded first-floor members and a coupled-rafter roof.