The Old Original Bakewell Pudding Shop

The Old Original Bakewell Pudding Shop is a shop and cafe with probable 17th century origins, altered in the early 19th century. It is constructed from coursed dressed sandstone and has a concrete tile roof. The building is two storeys high and features three windows to the first floor, with large quoins on the right side. The central entrance has a part-glazed door set in an ashlar surround, topped with a wooden cornice supported by shaped brackets. To the left, there is a restored early 19th century shop window with an original stone sill on shaped blocks and a concave 18-pane casement in a pilastered and corniced wooden surround, along with a matching reproduction shop window to the right of the door. The first floor has renewed two-light double-chamfered mullioned windows with leaded lights, and the gable copings are made of ashlar, with an end stack on the right. Set back on the right side of the main building is a later single bay with two side passage doorways beneath an 8/8 sash window.

Inside, the shop room on the left has a low ceiling with a chamfered spine beam and other beams. On the first floor in the left gable, there is an exposed king-post truss with herringbone struts, which appears to date from the late 16th century. The cafe room features curved encased beams. Historically, this building is recognized as the first true home of the Bakewell Pudding, which is believed to have originated as a fortunate culinary accident in the kitchens of the Rutland Arms Hotel, but was successfully promoted by the head cook Mrs. Greaves from around 1865.