Crown House

Crown House is a former coaching inn known as 'The Crown', now divided into two houses. It dates from the 16th and 17th centuries and stands on a corner site with two storeys. The building is timber-framed and rendered, topped with plaintiled roofs. It features a main range flanked by two unequal gabled cross-wings to the north and south, with a small gabled extension at the rear of the north wing. The long south wing has a jetty on the side facing Crown Lane. No. 74 comprises the High Street frontage. Both cross-wings have overhanging tie-beams, with the north wing featuring moulded beams and the south wing adorned with Jacobean carving. Each cross-wing has pierced drop finials. Inside, there is an internal chimney stack in the main range with a large rectangular base and four truncated shafts. The building includes one small-paned sash window at the north end and one late 19th-century six-paned shop window at the south end, along with various two-light and three-light 19th-century casements above. There are two adjacent doors with flush frames accessed by short flights of steps. Crown House occupies the rear part of the south wing, which has a jetty supported on small solid brackets, along with a 20th-century door and casement windows.