This rank of buildings was almost entirely taken up by the 18th century premises of the White Hart Inn. The Inn itself occupied the site of nos.145, 146 and part of the rear of 144, which are set back from the street. These houses follow the original 18th century alignment and most probably still retain some of the earlier structure. Beyond this, on the west side, was the stable block which projected further out into the street, on the present site of nos.142 to 144, with a narrow entrance at the east end along a narrow alleyway in the angle between nos.144 and 145. At the extreme western end was an enclosed garden or paddock on the corner, now the site of the baker’s shop at no.141.

At the opposite end, there was also a large house which turned at an angle into Shophouse Lane. In the early 19th century this became attached to the end of the inn with an infill building, now no.147. Similarly, at the west end a slaughter-house (later converted to the dwellings in Waterloo Buildings) became attached to the stable block. At some stage after 1840 the frontage at this end was rebuilt in its present form, probably about 1873 when the first baker at 141 is recorded as moving into a residence ‘in the High Street’. A continuous succession of bakers has occupied these premises through to the present day. The inn itself was relocated into these new buildings (the gable at the east end of no.144 still retains the faded letters, ‘WHITE HART BREWERY’), and the original building, nos.145 and 146, converted private dwellings, the latter becoming known as Coventry Cottage after its owners. At, or soon after this time, the angle between the old and new buildings, now marked by a low wall with iron spikes, was filled in with a lean-to structure which remained in use up to WWII. It appears to have served as a small shop, and between the wars was a hairdresser’s.

In about 1899 the inn ceased to be a public house, becoming instead the ‘White Hart Restaurant’ or ‘Temperance Restaurant’. This evidently was not a success in Twerton, and in 1907 was converted to the three private dwellings that exist day. Nevertheless, the painted words ‘WHITE HART TEMPLAR INSTITUTE & RESTAURANT Head Quarters TWERTON LODGE’ can still be read faintly along the platband over the lower windows. The relieving arch of the delivery entrance at the west end of the inn can also be seen in the wall of 142.

The houses at the east end seem to have been used as shops for a long time. No.147 (now a fire-place dealers) had served a variety of small businesses, but was a grocer’s shop from 1904 until the 1980s. The house which stood next to it, at the corner of Shophouse Lane, was a bakers/confectioners until 1918 when it became a fishmongers and (in 1922) a fried fish bar. Around the corner, facing the Lane, another part of the building became a newsagents in about 1910. Although the building suffered some damage during WWII, it was only as a result of an accidental fire soon after that it was demolished, leaving the present open space. The fried fish shop moved two doors down to no.146 where it has remained ever since.