Saffron Walden - Sun Inn (former), Church St from W 2015-10-04

From right to left, 25-31 Church Street and 17 Market Hill, all of which formed the Sun Inn between the mid-C17 and c.1870. The two gables to the right and section between them (25 and 27 Church Street) originated in the C14 as a house with a central single-storey hall, and were altered, receiving their pargetted plasterwork, in the C17, possibly when the inn was created; the upper floor of the nearer cross-wing was also raised to form a carriageway below. The figures on the nearer gable have been identified as the Wisbech Giant and Tom Hickathrift, or as Gog and Magog. The whole was restored c.1870 when owned by G.S. Gibson, a member of a Quaker family prominent in the town .

Listing: www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/11... .

For the buildings to the left, see here.