The Well House Hotel And Restaurant

The Well House Hotel and Restaurant comprises a group of buildings dating back to the 16th century, significantly remodelled in the early 18th century and again in the late 18th century. Originally timber-framed, the front of the main building is of knapped flint rubble with brick quoins and dressings under a hipped old tile roof, with a brick rear end stack. The building has two storeys, a basement, and an attic, with a three-window front. A flat-roofed hood covers the 20th-century front entrance. The building has brick segmental arched cellar windows. The ground floor has flat arches over 20th-century sash windows, and the first floor has flat brick arches over horned sashes. A chequer brick storey band is present, along with a moulded and modillioned wood cornice, topped by a 20th-century gabled roof dormer. A 20th-century rear extension has been added.

The interior includes an early 18th-century cellar. Visible timber framing and transverse beams with mortices are present, along with a first-floor room to the rear featuring arch-braced tie beams. A quarter-turn staircase leads to the rear right. The eaves were raised and a collar-truss roof was built in the early 18th century. The original 16th-century house was extended to the rear and was once connected to the front range by a first-floor gallery on the right.

Adjoining the main building at No. 36 is a house dating back to the 17th century and remodelled in the late 18th century. Originally timber-framed, it has a colourwashed brick front, with timber framing to the rear, and a gabled old tile roof and a brick rear lateral stack. This part has a two-unit plan and two storeys, with a three-window range on the front. It features flat brick arches over a 20th-century door and 8-pane horned sashes, along with flat brick arches over late 19th-century two-light first-floor casements. A dentilled eaves line is present. There are 20th-century rear extensions, and a 19th/20th century left extension which is not of special architectural interest. The interior showcases exposed timber framing to the rear. Features include a raised first floor from the late 18th century, a late 18th-century quarter-turn staircase adjoining the rear fireplace, and arch-braced tie beams to a 17th-century queen-post roof.