3, Cathedral Green

No. 3, Cathedral Green is a house in a row dating to the early 17th century or earlier, with a mid-18th-century facade and late 19th-century dormers. The exterior is rendered and colourwashed, with a double Roman clay tile roof and brick chimney stacks.

The house has an L-plan layout. A long rear wing, to the left, has low ceilings and is of an early date. There is an open well staircase at the junction of this wing with the main front range. The main front range consists of a single room depth and includes a small internal courtyard.

The house is two storeys, with attics and a cellar, and has five bays. The windows are sash windows with exposed boxes, containing 12 panes. The centre bay of the ground floor features a Regency pattern six-panel door with a decorative rectangular transom-light, within a moulded timber surround and flat hood. There are three gabled dormers with two-light casements and splayed glazed cheeks. At basement level are two lights in recessed, chamfered surrounds, with grilles. Each party wall has a raised and coped verge and a brick stack.

The ground floor includes a smaller room to the right with two transverse beams, a kitchen, and a new wing. The main room to the left has dado panelling, six-panel doors, and a large early 17th-century chamfered beam. Within the rear wing is a four-light recessed chamfer stone mullioned casement facing a courtyard. The staircase is of a fine Jacobean design, with splat balusters and a deep moulded string. On the first floor, the principal bedroom, with three windows, is accessed through a 17th-century door with three horizontal panels. An adjoining room has two deep recesses and a moulded and reeded fire surround. A rear room has 18th-century dado panelling and doors.

The property backs onto Nos. 13 and 15, Market Place, and incorporates a part flying freehold; the cellar is part of the Market Place property. In the 19th century, the house was used as a school, later converted into five flats, and is now a single house.