7, Shrewsbury Road

No. 7 on Shrewsbury Road is a cottage dating from the late 15th century, with later additions and alterations. It features a timber frame, partly constructed with cruck framing, and has rendered and painted brick infill on a rendered plinth. The roof is thatched with straw. The building consists of two cruck-framed bays that were originally open to the roof but were floored over at different times in the 17th century, with a stack built to the right of the right cruck truss. It is one storey high with an attic.

The framing includes square panels, with two extending from the cill to the wall-plate, and a truncated cruck truss visible on the left gable end. This truss has a straight collar and remains of a king strut. There is a 19th-century leaded casement window to the left and a fixed-light window to the left of a plank door on the right. A 19th-century gabled eaves dormer is located in the centre, and there is an integral red brick end stack to the right. A small leaded casement window is present on the back wall. To the left, there is a single-storey addition with a hip roof covered in machine tiles, likely from the 19th century.

Inside, both ground-floor rooms feature flat heavy joists that intersect at a timber-framed cross wall with square panels. Another timber-framed wall runs at right angles to the left in front of the current staircase. The large inglenook fireplace, possibly replacing a smoke hood, has an inset cupboard with a plank door to the right. There is also a small cupboard with butterfly hinges on the front wall at the angle with the cross wall. The cruck trusses are visible on both floors and have long curving braces to single purlins, with a mortice for a missing brace in the rear left corner. The original ridge piece, collar, and yoke are well preserved on the right truss.