39, NORTH STREET (See details for further address information)

39 North Street is a Grade II* listed house, now used as offices, dating from the late 15th century. The building originally featured a Wealden hall plan, which was altered in the 17th century when the hall was floored and the hall jetty was underbuilt. It underwent further changes in the 18th century, was partially demolished and re-roofed around 1900, and was refurbished in 1991.

The structure is timber-framed, resting on a rubble stone plinth, with brick infilling that is now plastered and colour-washed. It has a hipped pantile roof with a brick stack. The exterior is two storeys high, displaying one bay of timber-framing facing North Street and two bays facing Tanner Row. The first floor jetties out, supported by a dragon post at the corner.

The entrance on North Street features a renewed six-panel door within the original doorway, accompanied by a 20th-century small-pane bow window to the right. The first-floor windows are renewed sashes, with configurations of four panes and six panes. The Tanner Row front includes a renewed six-panel door set in a 19th-century architrave, next to two horizontal sliding sash windows, each with six panes. The first-floor window on this side is also a horizontal sliding sash, consisting of two unequal lights with four and six panes. The dragon post is decorated with ogee quatrefoils, and the jetty plates are supported.

The interior has not been fully inspected, but exposed wall framing and joists can be seen in both ground floor rooms, along with a dragon beam in 39 North Street. Both rooms feature plastered chimney breasts without fire grates. This house is particularly significant as one of the most northerly surviving examples, albeit partially, of the Wealden hall plan.