The Old Well House Public House

The Old Well House Public House, located at Nos. 3 and 5 Torquay Road, dates from the late 1860s and has undergone some alterations in the 20th century. This public house is plastered with a roof that is concealed behind a parapet. It features stacks with rendered shafts and projecting bands. The building is situated on a corner site between Torquay Road and Bishops Place, with a projecting canted bay at the corner.

The structure has three storeys and presents a symmetrical five-window front to Torquay Road. It has an eaves band and platbands at the first and second floor sill levels. The central doorway has a plain proud architrave and is flanked by pairs of 20th-century three-light high-transomed windows with glazing bars. The first-floor windows are round-headed and recessed, featuring plain proud architraves and sashes with top lights that have margin panes over six-pane lower lights. The second-floor sashes consist of three over six panes. The canted corner bay is gabled and includes a tall, round-headed recess formed by the divided flues of a stack, topped with a shaft. The glazing on this bay is similar to that of the front elevation.

The elevation facing Bishops Place is simpler and partly blind, featuring a shallow projecting porch with a channeled, rusticated surround, keyblock, and cornice. The door has been converted to a window but still retains an attractive teardrop fanlight. The Old Well House is part of the same development as the adjacent terrace of shops at Nos. 7-13 (odd).