2,3 And 4, Clerk Bank

LEEK

SJ9856NW CLERK BANK 611-1/4/43 (North side) 07/06/72 Nos.2, 3 AND 4

GV II

Row of 3 cottages, now in use as shops. Built in 2 phases, and probably dating back to C15 or C16, extended and refaced, C17 and C18. Partly cruck-framed, with well coursed and squared sandstone walls to Nos 3 & 4; cruck-framed with brick external walls in No.2. Plain-tiled roofs. Each cottage single-unit in plan. EXTERIOR: No.2: 2 storeys, 2-window range. Inserted C19 shop window with small panes, plank doorway and passage entry to its right, blocked window to left. Upper windows are casements of 2 and 3 lights, with small panes in the 2-light casement to the right. Left-hand gable stack. Stairs in angle with fireplace. Nos 3 & 4: low 2 storeys with attic dormers, 2-window range. Paired inner doors with plain wood lintels (nailed over stone?). Inserted C19 shop windows each side, with traces of an earlier opening visible below right-hand window. Upper windows renewed in earlier openings, and 2 dormers in the roof. End wall stacks. INTERIOR: No.2 is also cruck-framed in gable wall, with timber-framing in square panels to internal wall separating through passage to right. Brick externally (probably C18). Stairs in angle with fireplace. Nos 3 & 4 cruck-framed internally (1 cruck truss partially exposed in right-hand gable wall, a second cruck truss in the dividing wall between the 2 units).

Listing NGR: SJ9826256617