Church House

Church House is a mid-16th century merchant's house that has been altered over time. It stands three storeys high with three window bays and features a Welsh slate roof along with old rendered masonry chimneys. The masonry party wall retains moulded corbels from former first and second floor jetties. The front is timber-framed, with the first and second floors having been re-windowed in the early 19th century, while the ground floor has a modern shopfront. A coved wooden eaves cornice is present, and the second floor is slate-hung with a moulded string at floor level. The first floor jetties out and is supported by carved wooden brackets that hold a moulded bressumer. The first and second floors have flush framed sash windows with side-lights and glazing bars, including a single light sash window on the first floor.

Inside, there is a mid-18th century staircase featuring a closed string, turned balusters, and a squared novel. The doors are six-panel with raised and fielded panelling. The first floor rooms boast Elizabethan decorated plaster ceiling panels with rib decoration, divided by ceiling beams. There are remains of a contemporary plaster overmantel dated "1586," and the second floor has a fine chimneypiece made of Beer stone, which features a four-centred arch with moulded reveals in a square opening, ogee moulding, and stops, along with strapwork and shields in relief in the spandrels. The house was acquired in 1554 by William Ball and was likely built shortly before this date.