7, Southgate Street

No. 7 Southgate Street is a house that was formerly known as The Three Crowns Public House. It has an early 19th-century façade but a core that dates back to the 16th century. The building is timber-framed and faced in white brick, topped with a plain tiled roof.

It stands two storeys high with attics and features a three-window range, although the central upper window is blocked. The first storey has 12-pane sash windows, while the ground storey has 16-pane sash windows, all set in plain reveals. There is a raised brick band between the storeys. The entrance consists of a central six-panel door, with the top two panels glazed, framed by a doorcase with recessed fluted columns and a segmental plaster tympanum. Each side of the door has a footscraper. An external chimney stack made of Tudor brick is located on the rear wall.

At the back, there is a late 19th-century two-storey extension built of red brick with a slate roof. Inside, the cellar features rubble flint walling and some reused stone blocks, with 17th-century timbers in the ceiling. Fragmentary remains of the timber core are visible on the ground storey, although most beams are boxed in. The main beam to the right of the entry has a double ogee moulding.