The Market House

The Market House is a house in a row, now functioning as a restaurant, dating from the 17th century or earlier. It is constructed from local lias stone that is roughly squared and coursed, with painted stone dressings. The roof is covered with clay pantiles, featuring an abutment to the west and a stepped coped gable to the east, along with brick end and intermediate chimney stacks.

The building has two storeys with an attic and three wide bays. The windows are mostly ovolo-moulded mullioned types, with three-light windows featuring square labels in the upper bay 2 and in the coped attic gables of bays 1 and 3. There are four-light windows with sidelights in the angled oriel bays of upper bays 1 and 3, which have plain corbelled bases and string courses at the heads, along with hipped stone slate roofs. A string course at cill level runs along both sides of the oriel in bay 1 and continues into the mid bay 2.

On the left side of bay 1, there is a modern small pane casement under a timber lintel, with a six-panel door in a 17th-century pattern to the right, also beneath a timber lintel. Bay 2 features pairs of 16-pane windows, while bay 3 has 12-pane windows under a shared label mould. Between the upper bays 1 and 2, there is a projecting hanging sign on a wrought iron bracket.

At the rear, there is a stair turret that encloses a circular timber stair, with timber framed windows, one of which is ovolo moulded and another hollow chamfered. The remainder of the north elevation has been significantly altered in the 20th century.

Inside, the building features stop and runout chamfer moulded beams at both major floor levels and 'A' frame roof trusses. Notable interior features include early 17th-century dado panelling and a corner cupboard on the ground floor, along with a 17th-century door leading to private quarters. However, the interior has been considerably reshaped in the 20th century.