Bull House

Bull House is a house that has been converted into a restaurant. It dates back to the 15th century, with alterations and additions made in the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, including a 16th-century rear block. The building is timber-framed and plastered, with some close-studding visible on the left side. It features plain tiled roofs, including twin spin roofs at the rear and a gabled projection facing the road. There is a jetty over the ground floor on the road front, which extends partway down the left side, and another jetty on the rear block to the left. Both jetties are boxed in, with the rear jetty supported by brackets that are decorated with heads and a dragon post. The roofs are plain tiled, with a tall chimney stack on the rear block and a side stack to the right. There is a hipped dormer on the left side of the projecting wing. The building has two storeys and attics, with irregular window arrangements. The attic features a single glazing bar sash window in the gable facing the road, and there is a canted oriel window on the first floor above two ground-floor glazing bar sashes in open boxes. The left return front has a single glazing bar sash on the first floor, a small pointed window with Gothick glazing to the right, and two irregular glazing bar sashes below. The rear wing has a single glazing bar sash in open boxes on both floors. There is a half-glazed door at the angle of the front face of the front wing and another door to the left of the left return front, which has a pentice hood. Notably, Tom Paine lived here from 1768 to 1774.