[2] The building, which was rebuilt in 1437, 1688 and 1697, was used as a venue for magistrates court hearings and hosted a concert at which the young composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed one of his pieces in 1765.

There were sash windows on the first floor flanked by Corinthian order pilasters supporting an entablature and a heavily modillioned pediment with a coat of arms in the tympanum.

Internally, the principal room was the main hall, which was decorated with pikes, matchlocks and other weapons seized by Parliamentary Forces from Lady Wootton's house at St Augustine's Abbey, as well as a portrait of Queen Anne by Thomas Gibbs.

[5][6] The remodelling carried out in the 19th century involved poor construction which led to the flint walls being declared unstable.

[8][9] The design of the church, which originally formed part of the St Gregory's Priory, involved a nave, a chancel and two aisles, and there was a square tower facing northwest towards the River Stour.