4, Main Street

The building at 4 Main Street is a house that was formerly an inn. It dates back to the 15th and early 16th centuries, with a central wing constructed using cruck framing techniques. A 2-bay cross wing was added in the later 16th century to the left, and a further cross wing in the 17th century to the right. The house was substantially rebuilt and the windows replaced in the 19th century.

The exterior is characterised by whitewashed brick and roughcast render on a granite rubble base, with some timber framing visible in the cross wings and at the left end of the central wing. The roofs are thatched and have rebuilt brick chimneys located to the right side and to the right of the cross passage. The building is one storey, attic, and cellar, with a two-storey bay to the right. There are four bays in total, the outer bays being gabled and projecting, with a former cross passage at the left end of the central wing. The ground floor features horizontal sliding sash windows, while the upper storey has barred wooden casements; the left bay is blind to the front. A 2-light window is visible on the right return, with further 3-light windows on the left side, the upper one within a thatched dormer. The central wing has 3-light windows, two to the ground floor, one in a thatched dormer to the right, and a 20th-century barred wooden window to the left of the door. The entrance is a 19th to early 20th century board door with a segmental head and three steps. A blocked doorway to the cross passage retains a roughly arched lintel. The right bay includes 3-light windows and a single-light window to the ground floor.

Inside, the central wing has three cruck trusses, with one complete blade and one incomplete blade on each, all with saddle tops. The original roof remains beneath the current one. The left bay of this wing retains a 17th-century spine beam with partial ovolo moulding, along with stop-chamfered joists. A fireplace has been altered. The left wing has substantial timbers, including a truss with rough ogee principals, heavy purlins, and smoke-blackened rafters in the front bay; this bay also contains remains of a large, altered fireplace.