It was built c.1720 and is Grade II* listed.

[1] The main entrance is through a large carriage porch, above which, projecting over the high street atop two undressed brick columns, is the town's former Assembly Room, fronted with a Venetian window with pilasters and a broken pediment (described by Pevsner as 'a curious comibation'.

[2][1][3] The building is thought to have been constructed circa 1720, though the wooden gate may be older.

[1] Across the 18th and 19th centuries, the building was used at different times for inquests, for public meetings, for political meetings, by the militia, and to petition for the abolition of the slave trade.

[5][6] Since then the Salutation has offered rooms and fine dining.