[1] The present building, of Georgian appearance, incorporates an earlier timber-framed house, which probably dates in part from the 15th century.
Local historian Jane Stevenson calls it "the most interesting house in Hospital Street", and considers it might be "the oldest surviving residence in Nantwich.
[3] These buildings survived the fire of 1583, which destroyed the town end of Hospital Street together with much of the centre of Nantwich.
When the building was listed in 1974, there was an additional doorway in the left-hand (east) wing, which was blocked in the early 21st century.
[1][3] The existing building incorporates a much earlier timber-framed structure on a medieval plan, with a central hall and flanking wings.