Survey by RCHME of Marquis of Granby Inn. The Inn 'was built early in the 16th century on an L-shaped plan with the wings extending towards the E and S; there is a modern addition in the angle. The E wing has a particularly good carved detail. The upper storey projects on the W front and also on the N side of the E wing; below it are two original windows each of six lights, with moulded mullions. At the S end of the S wing is a passage with original moulded ceiling beams and two doorways (pictured) with four centred heads and spandrels carved with foliage and grotesque heads. Inside the building the main room of the E wing has original moulded ceiling-beams and joists, it is divided into two bays by a heavy transverse beam richly carved with acanthus foliage, birds, beasts, boys, griffons, eagles and grotesques; in the middle is a shield with the initials H.M. or W intertwined with a knot; the beams rests on wall-posts with capitals carved with figures in early 16th century costume; the wall-plates have acanthus enrichment. The modern fireplace has an original lintel, moulded and carved with seven medallions of male and female heads. A cupboards in the room has linen-fold panelling. The other rooms on the ground floor have original moulded ceiling beams and joists and one beam has in the middle a cartouche carved with a crowned grotesque head and foliage. On the first floor the main room in the East wing has an original moulded ceiling beam. <1>

DOE survey of No 24 North Hill (The Marquis of Granby Inn). Grade II*. An early C16 building (circa 1520) with exceptionally fine carved detail, though much of the building was extensively restored in 1914. Two storeys, timber-framed and plastered, the roofs tiled, L shaped. The front has much of the timber-framing exposed and the upper storey projects. The ground floor front has been rebuilt and modernised. Four main windows, wood mullions and transoms, leaded lattices. The best carved detail is in the east wing main room, which is divided into 2 bays by a richly carved heavy transverse beam. <2>

Series of photograph's depicting the 16th century wood carvings preserved in the Marquis of Granby Inn on North Hill.<3>

A 16th century carved oak bracket from the Marquis of Granby was accessioned by the museum in 1916. COLEM 1916.3491 <4>