Badgers Court

Badgers Court is a house, now converted into two shops and a flat, dating to 1651, with alterations made in the mid-to-late 19th century. The building is constructed of rendered timber framing and has a plain tile roof. It has an L-shaped layout, originally comprising two framed bays formerly jettied to the front, with a rear wing. It is two stories high and has two gables to the front. A brick stack is located behind the ridge, slightly off-centre to the right. The front facade has three windows: the first floor has segmental-headed four-pane sash windows. The shop fronts likely date to the mid-20th century and consist of projecting plate glass windows, a fascia, and a late 19th-century surround with carved brackets supporting a moulded cornice. A recessed doorway has a mid-19th-century surround featuring convex pilaster strips with roundels above and a panel above the door. There is a lean-to addition at the rear. A reset doorway in the rear wing has four raised and fielded panels.

The interior reveals square-panelled timber framing on the right-hand end and rear walls; the rear wall retains exposed wattle and daub and woven-lath panels. The building features ovolo-moulded spine beams. The first floor was formerly jettied, with a bressumer bearing a sunk chamfer, carved geometrical patterns, and the date “1651 .:. GS”. Evidence suggests the presence of a former moulded sub-bressumer or brackets at each end. Cast-iron posts were inserted in the 19th century to support the first floor. The 17th-century panelling has been re-ordered, with some in the rear corridor displaying carved blind arcading and a frieze. A late 17th-century door with six raised and fielded panels is also located in the rear corridor. Local accounts indicate that the original timber framing was complete with expressed pegs, which were observed when the render was removed.