Good News Centre

The Good News Centre, originally two houses, is now a shop and restaurant. It dates back to the 16th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 20th centuries. The building features timber-framing, rendered panels, and painted or rendered brickwork, topped with a tiled roof.

The main wing has two bays and a cross-wing, standing two stories tall with attics. The front windows were replaced between 1979 and 1980, except for those in the attics. The right side of the cross-wing has a jettied first floor supported by curved braces, featuring a three-light casement window on the right and a two-light window replacing a former doorway on the left. To the left, there is a five-light shop front with a glazed door and a two-light window, all beneath a tiled lean-to supported by brackets. A boarded door leads to a side entry beyond.

On the first floor, the exposed framing shows a jetty with jowelled corner posts and long curved braces supporting the bressumer. There are two full studs and thin rails, with a two-light casement window in the center. Above, a tie-beam supports a brick gable with thin timber-framing and a two-light casement window in the apex, along with plain bargeboards. To the left, there are two two-light casements and a three-light casement in a gabled dormer. A brick chimney is positioned forward of the ridge on the left side of the cross-wing.

Internally, the first floor features a timber-framed front wall and gable on the left half, with timber-framed back and side walls in the cross-wing, including a long curved brace in the right wall to the wall plate. Curved windbraces are present on the right slope of the cross-wing, while the rear gable has been replaced by a hip. The cross-wing has flat purlins. The rear wings were partially added in 1985 and are not of special interest.