Former coaching inn, now shops and offices. Early C18, with mid C19 and late C20 alterations. Brick with stone and stucco dressings. Roof not visible. 2 ridge stacks. Rusticated quoins and pilasters dividing the front 3:1:3, cornice and central pediment replaced by C20 stucco bands, panelled parapet. 3 storeys; 7 window range. First floor windows have Gibbs surrounds, sill band and multiple keystones. The central window in each bay has a pseudo balustrade and pediment. Second floor windows are 12 pane sashes with moulded surrounds, multiple keystones and aprons. Ground floor has a 7 bay arcade with Tuscan columns, the central pair and the outer ones heavily rusticated. Central carriage opening flanked to left by late C20 glazed shopfront. To right, painted brick front with central glazed door and overlight, flanked to left by a plain sash and to right by a panelled door with overlight. Parallel rear wings flanking the yard have several shopfronts c1977 and 1991. West wing, brick with pantile roof, has floor bands, dentillated eaves, coped gable and 2 ridge stacks. 3 storeys, 14 window range of 12 pane sashes, some of them blank. East wing, mainly rebuilt c1977, has slate roof and single gable stack. Higher 2 storey block, to left, has 8 sashes, 3 of them with glazing bars. Lower block, to right, has 4 sashes, one with glazing bars, and 3 elliptical arched blocked carriage openings. (EH)