15 Gun Street

This building began as a public house, constructed in the 17th century, with alterations in the early 19th century and further changes and an extension in the late 20th century. It is currently a restaurant.

The principal, north range and part of the eastern range have a rendered exterior, revealing timber-frame construction. A late-20th century extension to the south is of brick, partly timber-clad, and also rendered. The roofs are slate on the north range, and plain tiles elsewhere.

The north range, facing Gun Street, is two storeys high with three bays, beneath a pitched roof. The building sits lower than street level. A modern door is centrally located on the ground floor, flanked by a pair of early- to mid-19th century four-light shop windows with turned mullions. A blocked doorway is at the western end of the elevation. The first floor has three evenly sized openings, each with a modern casement window. A brick chimney stack rises through the southern roof pitch near the eastern wall.

Running south along the eastern boundary is a two-storey range with a steeply pitched roof, understood to be timber-framed. A late-20th century two-storey extension adjoins this, with a projecting cross-wing to the west. A single-storey, pitched-roof extension projects south from the north range along the western boundary. A brick chimney stack rises through the roof ridge where it meets the north range. The area to the south of this range has been filled in with a single-storey, flat-roofed extension. A courtyard to the rear of the building backs onto the Hogsmill River.

The first floor of the north range has a coved ceiling from around 1800, crossing a 17th century roof that includes wind braces. The roof of the timber-framed, southern range has tie beams with curved braces.