16-18 Old Market Place
16 and 18 Old Market Place form part of one of the oldest buildings in town with some of the rear wing dating back to before 1400! In...
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20-24 Old Market Place
This building has been featured in this walk to represent all the other, numerous buildings in this town that hide their true age behind...
6 Church Street
A 17thC Building with later bay window. Over the years a Spicers, ‘The Plough’, a Pork Butchers, a Tea Shop then a chippy the building...
7 Church Street
Now combined with No 5, this 17th C building housed 2 businesses in the Victorian Era. The steep roof indicates originally thatched....
2-4 The Thoroughfare
Before 1600 this was variously ‘The White Hart’ or the 'White Horse', the Market Bell rang from the adjoining chapel and Tolls were...
3-7 The Thoroughfare
Two premises in one 17th C building, the left-hand side lost its upper floor when the ceiling was raised for a new plate glass window...
15 The Thoroughfare
Between the chemists and the bakery we find Old Post office Yard, for many years Lillistone’s Yard named for the Bakers that stood on the...
21 The Thoroughfare
You might assume Georgian or Victorian but that raised pediment and expanse of glass hide a 17thC interior still visible inside today. No...
27 The Thoroughfare
One of the few of our buildings revealing its age from the outside! The Ancient House has been known as Brimstone Tenemants, school,...
35 The Thoroughfare
A butcher’s shop for at least 200 years, the trade continues unbroken on this site. This would have been an open fronted shop when it...
19 Broad Street
19 Broad Street is a tucked away gem of surprising age – maybe even before1400! This building has been featured in this walk to represent...
9 Broad Street
Originally a single room wide, this 3 storey 17th C onetime doss house is dwarfed by its neighbours. This C17 timber-framed, stuccoed...
9 Union Street
Although this 17th C building and formerly disreputable pub has been much changed it still retains some internal chamfered beams. This...
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