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Newmarket has many fine listed buildings.

There are some beautiful18th century houses in Sackville Street, especially Boyce House and Sackville House. At the other end of the High Street, on The Terrace, look for Terrace House, named to commemorate Lord Lonsdale of boxing fame, and on the opposite side of the High Street, Portland House.

Turn in into Wellington Street commemorating the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Originally called Fox and Goose Lane, look above the shops for the roofline of the old Fox and Goose Inn.

On Rutland Hill is a shop with distinctive angled façade of stucco with three semi-circular windows. Erected as the Fisher Theatre in 1826 and built over an existing Cock Pit, it became a Public Hall and then in 1907 a Cinema and is now a dress shop. Opposite is Primrose House with its elegant Adams style entrance. Primrose was the family name of one-time owner Lord Rosebery who was Prime Minister 1894-5.

Further along the High Street is York Buildings dated 1832, this lovely Victorian building has been home to various general drapers and outfitters since 1850. The site is in front of the original royal palace of James I.

Look for Clarendon House as you descend into town. It is an 18th century brick house with a homely large bay window and was named after the Duke of Clarendon. Berners, a 17th century brick house in Mill Hill, was the one time home of William Sandiver an 18th century surgeon. In complete contrast is Cleveland House in Old Station Road with an elegant stucco façade built in the 1820s by Lord Darlington, the first Duke of Cleveland for his jockey Sam Chifney.