Lower George Hotel

The Lower George Hotel is a former merchant's house that has been converted into a public house. It dates back to the 16th century, with alterations made in the 18th century and early 19th century.

The building features a timber-frame structure that has been refronted in brick with stone details and stucco. It has slate roofs and a brick chimney stack, along with timber sash windows. There is also a later red brick extension at the rear.

The hotel is three storeys tall and includes a cellar, topped with a hipped roof that has a central stack. The main facade is four bays wide, featuring a stone plinth, raised and chamfered stone quoins at each corner, stone string courses at the first and second-floor sill levels, a cornice with closely spaced modillions, and a stone-coped parapet. Above the first-floor windows, there is a shallow framed panel that appears to cover the name 'LOWER GEORGE HOTEL' in raised letters, and a similar panel above the ground-floor windows which holds the building's sign.

On the ground floor, to the right, there is a doorway with a rectangular fanlight framed by a moulded and eared stone architrave with a raised keystone. To the left of the doorway, there are two six-over-six paned sash windows with horns, and further left is a wider eight-over-eight pane sash window. All these openings have shouldered and eared architraves, keystones, and projecting stone sills with moulded end-brackets. The upper floors have four windows each, irregularly spaced in two pairs, all featuring six-over-six panes without horns, and set in openings with shouldered and eared architraves and raised keystones. The first floor has a smaller panel between the windows, similar to those above the ground and first-floor windows.

Inside, the ground floor has been altered in the 20th century, including changes to its bar fittings. However, exposed timber-framing from the upper floors and roof is believed to remain, and the cellar may still contain elements from the original 16th-century merchant's house.