At one time an open gallery ran round the first floor, and traces of this may be seen on the further side.

A little above the old house we have just noticed was the White Hart Inn, the most celebrated house when country inns were in their prime.

It is now in the occupation of a market gardener and has been much altered, but some of the passages and rooms are still to be seen in the back premises.

An amusing story connected with the White Hart Inn has been revived by Mr.Halliwell-Phillipps, who by means of it has endeavoured to explain the line in "Troilus and Cressida." "The fool slides o'er the ice that you should break." The anecdote is related by Robert Armin, who claims to have been an eye-witness of the incident; and this would seem probable, as the local touches are correct and Armin was for some time a member of the company alluded to.

It is to be found in a work entitled, _Foole Vpon Foole, or Sixte Sortes of Sottes_, published in 1605, and re-edited and issued, with the author's name attached, in 1608, as _A Nest of Ninnies_.