Nos. 8 and 9 CHURCH ROAD

Nos. 8 and 9 Church Road are a house, originally dating to the early 17th century, and extended in the mid-19th century with later alterations. The building is now divided into two cottages. It is timber-framed with painted brick infill, and has an addition with corrugated iron roofing replacing earlier thatch, and a graded slate roof to the 19th-century addition. The original plan was likely three framed bays, possibly with a rear baffle entry, extended in the later 17th century to the left and in the mid-19th century to the right. The house has one storey and an attic, with a dentil cornice to the 19th-century addition. The timber framing consists of square panels, extending from the cill to the wall-plate. Red sandstone blocks are visible at the base of the left gable end, with rendering above; the 19th-century addition has black and white painted brickwork simulating a timber frame. There are three mid-19th century cast iron horizontal sliding sash windows with bracketed pentice hoods, and a contemporary fixed-light window to the left. A plank door is located to the far right of the original part, and a gabled dormer with eaves is positioned directly above the left sash window. Red brick ridge stacks are located roughly to the centre and right (the latter formerly an end stack), with an integral stack to the rear left corner. An eyebrow dormer is also present at the rear.

Inspection of No. 9 (the part to the right of the centre ridge stack) was limited during a resurvey in February 1987. The left ground-floor room has a chamfered spine beam, plain joists, and a square-panelled cross wall separating it from the centre room. A timber-framed spine partition wall and a large chimney breast containing an inglenook fireplace are also found in this room. An oak winder staircase leads to the front of the stack. The centre room also has a chamfered spine beam and plain joists. The 19th-century addition incorporated a bread oven which was demolished at the time of the resurvey. The rooms above do not connect to other first-floor rooms. The left first-floor room has an inset cupboard with a plank door behind the chimney breast. The roof features a queen-strut truss with a cambered tie beam, V-struts from the collar, and staggered single purlins between the left and centre rooms. Original thatching spars are visible. Wide boarded floorboards are found on the first floor and plank doors are used throughout. The building was undergoing extensive renovation at the time of the resurvey.