3, West Street

No. 3 West Street is an inn that has been converted into a shop and hairdressers. It dates from the mid-18th century and has undergone alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is rendered and features a hipped plain-tile roof, designed in an L-shape. It is three storeys high with a five-window range. To the left of the carriage arch, there is a 20th-century shop front with a moulded round-arched head and imposts. The first floor has 12-pane sash windows, while the second floor has 9-pane sashes, all with moulded rendered surrounds. The central three bays project slightly and are topped with a pediment. The building has a plinth, rusticated quoins, sill bands on the first and second floors, and a moulded cornice. At the rear left, there is a full-height wing that includes a Venetian window on the ground floor of the right side elevation next to the carriageway. Inside, there is an open-well stair that has been partly rebuilt, featuring slender turned balusters of the column-on-vase type, with some flights replaced by stick balusters. This building was formerly known as the Cobham Arms and served as an important inn.