No. 17 High Street

MATERIALS: The main structure of the building is a timber frame. The principal façade is a refronting in brick and the rear elevations are a combination of rough stone and brick. It has a slate roof and brick chimney stacks.

PLAN: The single-bay, three-storey main range of the building is orientated parallel with the High Street, from south-east to north-west. To the rear of the main range is a two-storey extension orientated perpendicularly.

EXTERIOR: The road-facing elevation is painted brick. At ground-floor level there is a large bow window with eight fixed lights and narrow glazing bars. The front door is to the right, has a simple moulded door case, and is glazed with eight lights. Both are late-C20 replacements. At first-floor level there is a two-over-two hornless sash and on a the second floor a one-over-one casement. Both windows have flat-arched brick lintels and projecting cills. There is a parapet with stone coping hiding an inserted gable on the roof. The rear elevation of the primary range is rough stone. The rear extension is painted brick and has two sashes in recessed openings.

INTERIOR: The ground floor of the main range is now one large room with C15 timber framing throughout. There is evidence of the jettied front and the subsequent refronting; the original back wall of the building is apparent and there are disused mortice holes. The beams are particularly substantial and have wide chamfers. The upper floors of the building are accessed via a first-floor entrance to the rear. These were not inspected, but documentary evidence shows they contain visible C15 timber framing and that the rear leaf of the roof is intact.