The Almonry

The Almonry is a former house that has been converted into offices, a shop, and a restaurant. It is likely a 15th-century building with five bays, two of which originally formed an open hall. In the 16th century, it was extended to create a courtyard townhouse, with internal alterations made in 1661. The building underwent restoration and refenestration in the 20th century and features a timber frame.

The ground floor has been refronted in sandstone, set on a sandstone plinth, while the first floor is tile hung. The hipped roof is covered with old tiles and features a central clustered brick stack along with two additional brick chimneystacks at either end. The east elevation facing High Street has two storeys and includes three early 20th-century mullioned windows with leaded lights. The ground floor has two earlier window openings that have been blocked, and there is a 20th-century porch on the north front.

Inside, the end jetty in the southern bay remains, along with several features from the 16th century. The eastern room on the ground floor contains two late 16th-century doorcases with moulded bases, one featuring quatrefoil motifs and the other with three leaves in a circle. The western room has roll-moulded cross beams. On the first floor, the southern wall of the western chamber has a three-pane glazed window with mullions that have cyma and ovolo mouldings. The roof of the northern range is of the side purlin queen post type.

The ground floor eastern room includes an early 17th-century axial beam with lambs tongue stops decorated with fleur de lys, as well as an open fireplace with a wooden bressumer. There is an early 17th-century stone fireplace on the first floor. A well staircase from around 1661 features twisted balusters, and the ground floor eastern room has panelling with pilasters, while the first-floor door has diamond panels, which may have been reused from a pulpit.