The White Hart Hotel

The White Hart Hotel is a building, likely dating back to the 16th century or earlier, that was extensively refronted in the early to mid-19th century. The exterior is stuccoed, featuring rusticated detailing on the ground floor and rusticated quoins extending to a full entablature above the second floor, finished with a cornice and a parapet. The stepped parapet in the centre is adorned with a figure of a reclining hart, positioned in front of a flagpole. The roof is concealed behind the parapet, with side chimneys. The building is three storeys high, with a regular five-window front. The second and third floors feature glazing bar sash windows, with the second-floor windows having heavily moulded surrounds. The first floor has French casements, also with heavily moulded surrounds, and the ground floor windows are plain sashes without glazing bars. A stuccoed balcony occupies the first floor, supported by plain piers and a balustrade resting on plain volute brackets. The central entrance is framed by double panelled doors with a moulded and volute-bracketed surround. Inside, a first-floor room facing the street retains 16th-century panelling, and there's a 16th-century stone Tudor-arched fireplace with a moulded surround. Some original timber framing, of mixed dimensions, is also visible. Other areas of the building contain panelling, largely from the late 19th or early 20th century. A two-flight staircase with turned balusters, a columnar newel, and a ramped handrail with a ridge is also present.