Old Market House

The Old Market House is a house that has been converted into a restaurant. It dates from the late 15th century and has undergone alterations in the 18th and 20th centuries, during which the plaster render was removed, and the building was restored along with other modifications. The structure is timber-framed with rendered infill and has a plain-tile roof, with brick stacks located internally and at the rear. It features a two-unit plan, is two stories tall with an attic, and has a three-window range.

The entrance is a 20th-century door located to the far left, which has a Tudor-arched head. To the right of the door, there are 20th-century leaded bay windows, and on the far right of the ground floor, there is another leaded window, which replaced a door. A two-light leaded casement window is situated on the first floor. The building has a rendered plinth, a close-studded timber frame, and a jettied first floor, with braces extending from the end posts to the wall posts and tie beam on the left end elevation. The first-floor end posts have cusped ogee-arched sunk panels adorned with crocketed canopies. There are also two 20th-century hipped roof dormer windows. A sun fire insurance plaque is displayed, numbered 644298.

Inside, there is a stone cellar. The ground-floor room features a Tudor-arched doorway with carved spandrels, a large stone fireplace with a chamfered Tudor-arched head, a hollow-chamfered and moulded spine beam, stop-moulded joists, and moulded cornices. The roof consists of arch-braced collar trusses, a diagonal ridge piece, and two tiers of purlins, with the lower purlins being wind-braced. The house was likely subdivided vertically in the 18th century. Additionally, a cottage known as the former King's Head was demolished in the 20th century to widen the road, which gave the house a corner position it did not originally have. The front of the building was heavily restored after the removal of the plaster render and was re-windowed in a Tudor style, based on uncertain evidence.