35, High Street

BOSTON

TF3243NE HIGH STREET 716-1/10/42 (West side) 10/12/87 No.35

GV II

Medieval hall, now shop. Early C15, altered C18, C19, and C20. Timber frame with early C18 brick infill, rendered front with parapet, Pantile roof, reduced gable stack. EXTERIOR: 3-storey front range, 2-storey rear range. To front wall a central half-glazed door is flanked by facetted shop windows with a passageway opening to right, all under continuous fascia. To 1st floor 2 C20 casements, 2nd floor 2 C19 plain sashes. The rear range is of 5 main timber-framed bays with tall oak posts, rails, square-framed panels and curved braces. Lime-washed brick infill and modern fenestration, although some original square openings have been revealed in the south wall. C19 timber box gutter. INTERIOR: the front range has timber-framed side walls with exposed vertical posts at 1st floor level and contemporary 2nd floor joists. In the back wall is the lower part of a crown post roof with a cut-back collar purlin. A further crown post survives within the later roof. The original tie beams and jowled main posts are also retained.

Listing NGR: TF3272843885