17 and 17a, High Street

Nos. 17 and 17A on High Street is a house that was later used as an inn and is now a pair of shops. It features early to mid-18th century remodelling of what is likely a 17th-century building. The exterior is rendered, possibly over a timber frame or brick, with a plain tile roof and incorporates a timber-framed core. The building is two storeys high and has a moulded wooden eaves cornice. There are two dormers, one hipped on the left and one gabled on the right, both fitted with small-paned wooden casements. A stack is located behind the ridge to the left. The façade has four bays, with first-floor windows that are 4-pane sashes, altered in the 18th century and exposed in the 19th century.

The ground floor features a pair of mid-20th century projecting shop fronts, each with a plate glass window to the right and a door to the left. To the left, there is a door leading to a passageway, which has eight beaded flush panels and a rectangular overlight. At the rear, there are two gabled wings, with their end walls rebuilt in the late 20th century.

Inside, there is a significant amount of surviving timber frame, including the framed right-hand end wall with wattle and daub infill, a chamfered jowl post, and a chamfered beam with run-out stops. The plastered former rear wall of the front range is visible in the attic, featuring a small window and a door with a moulded beam reused as a jamb. There is a 17th-century oak winder stair leading to the attic, old oak floorboards, and a small cupboard on the stairs to the first floor with butterfly hinges. The 18th-century work includes cased beams, six-panelled doors with moulded architraves, and a ground-floor rear room that likely has a former fireplace or bookcase surround with fluted pilasters.