The Fruit Shop

The Fruit Shop is a house or inn at the street frontage that has been converted into commercial premises. It dates from the early to mid 18th century and is constructed from large squared coursed limestone blocks with a plain tile roof. The building features a bold symmetrical front with a through-way in the further bay to the left and a deep wing at the back on the right.

The main front is two storeys high with an attic and has four windows. On the ground floor, there is a central Palladian opening with a glazed door flanked by six-pane sidelights. This opening is supported by four Doric pilasters beneath a small entablature and features a central moulded arch with a keystone. Flanking this are two-storey canted bay windows with a 1:2:1-light arrangement, flat roofs, and plate glass with flush stone mullions. To the far left, there is an elliptical arched through-way with flat pilasters at the imposts and bases.

On the first floor, the central near-square four-pane sash window is set in a moulded architrave and is flanked by the canted bays, which have glazing bar sashes. All of this is topped by a weathered string course that runs the full width of the building. There are four 20th-century flat-roofed two-light dormers and a brick stack to the right. The rear wing, which includes Nos 2 and 3, features various two-light casements and a flat-roofed dormer. Additionally, in the opening to the left of the frontage, there is a good pair of iron gates with spearheads for the main gates and dog bars.