The Old Bakehouse

The Old Bakehouse is a house that now functions as both a residence and a shop. It dates back to the 16th century, with additions and alterations made in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The building is constructed from coursed squared limestone with decayed ironstone dressings and features a thatched roof, along with brick end and ridge stacks, including a large central ridge stack with a stone base.

The structure has a three-unit plan and stands three stories tall with a five-window range. The entrance door is located to the left of center and has chamfered stone jambs and a moulded four-centred arched head, with a string course above that inflects down to form a hood mould over the door. To the left of the door is a window with a double-chamfered stone surround and a single central chamfered mullion. There is a large pane sash window from the 19th century with a timber lintel to the far left. The central section features a 19th-century three-light shop window with a part-glazed door to the right, set in a moulded wood surround that occupies half of a window with a double-chamfered stone surround; the right half of this window is blocked with brick. A blocked window to the far right has a double-chamfered stone surround and is positioned higher than the others, with the string course above inflecting upwards to form a hood mould.

On the first floor, there are three-light double-chamfered stone mullion windows, and a string course is present at the second-floor level. The second floor is blank to the street but was formerly lit by a row of blocked two-light stone mullion windows at the rear. The gables are stone-coped and feature kneelers.

To the right, there is a two-storey, one-window mid to late 18th-century addition (No.10), which was formerly part of the same property. This addition is rendered and whitewashed, with a 20th-century shop window and door to the right in a tiled projecting bay, along with one 20th-century two-light window on the first floor, a brick dentil cornice, and a half-hipped pantile roof with a brick stack against the gable of No.8. At the rear, there is a two-storey gabled range that has been much altered in the 20th century.

Inside The Old Bakehouse, there are four-centred arched stone fireplaces on the ground, first, and second floors, as well as an open fireplace with a chamfered bressumer.