Assembly Rooms, Adjacent To No 20 (The Cross Keys)

The Assembly Rooms, located adjacent to No 20 (The Cross Keys), were built in the mid-19th century. They feature coursed and squared rubble with a fishscale tile roof, complemented by plain tile bands and decorative ridge tiles. The building has a coped verge on the left and two brick ridge stacks. Designed in a Tudoresque style, it stands two storeys high with an attic and has a symmetrical facade with one bay on the left under a gable. The windows include two, three, and four-light chamfered stone-mullioned designs beneath stopped labels, with a particularly large four-light window on the first floor of the left bay that includes a transom. A gabled dormer on the right has a similar two-light opening. The entrance features a door opening framed by a chamfered stone surround, with a four-panelled door that has decorative diagonal planking and strap hinges. A large clock is set in a moulded stone surround on the gable, topped with a wrought iron finial that incorporates a bell and a weathervane. To the left, there is a lower outshut with a 20th-century metal garage door, which is not included in the listing. The building is noted for its group value with the adjoining structures on the east side of High Street.