Monument record 0231500000 - CROWN INN, CORNER OF HIGH STREET & MARKET SQUARE

A 'Crown Inn' or hotel belonged to Richard Baldwin in 1486 (B3).
The Crown Hotel, at the corner of High Street and Market Square, was built early in the C16th, and almost entirely rebuilt at the end of the C18th. The remains of the original house consist of a rectangular block of two storeys, facing the Market Square, built of timber and brick. The roof is tiled. In front, the overhanging upper storey is original, timber-framed, with filling now plastered. It is supported be a heavy moulded bressumer, but was partly underbuilt, or the lower storey encased with brick, in the C19th. Condition - Good (B2).
The building was much reduced in extent and subsequently altered when a new road [High Street] was built in 1826 (B1).
A series of ?early 16th century, early 17th century and early 19th century wall paintings, moulded beams and a Jacobean decorative overmantle found in 1932. See detailed description (B5).
Demolished in 1937 (B6).
The present Crown Tavern is entirely modern (B4).