68, Fore Street

No. 68 on Fore Street is possibly a single-storey medieval hall that was raised in height during the 17th century and refronted in the mid-18th century. The building includes a detached back block, which was formerly a kitchen and is now No. 68A, along with a gallery, both of which have been significantly altered. It is two storeys tall with attics, featuring two paired windows on the first floor. The roof is made of Welsh slate with bitumen asphalt sheets and has a gabled front. The party walls are constructed from Devonian limestone rubble and show traces of a moulded corbel from a former 17th-century jetty at the west end. The west party wall has been extensively patched and displays evidence of blocked windows with timber lintels. The rear block has a two-light wooden mullioned window with chamfered mouldings and stay bars. The front is plastered and timber-framed, with architraved sash windows that have exposed boxing and glazing bars on the attic and first floor. There is a modern shopfront, but it retains a heavy boxed-out cornice from a former 18th-century shop. The ground floor features chamfered ceiling beams. The building is listed as Grade II* for its group value.