1, Henley Street

No. 1 Henley Street is a town house and shop that features an early 19th-century front added to an earlier timber-frame structure, which is possibly from the late 16th century but likely rebuilt after the fire in 1641 that destroyed No. 20 Bridge Street. The building has a roughcast exterior with brick additions at the rear and a tiled roof, forming an L-plan. It stands two storeys tall and has a three-window range with a top cornice. The entrance is located to the right of the centre and features a bracketed pedimental gable above a glazed door, with an additional entry at the right end. The ground floor has three late 19th-century shop windows with narrow lean-to roofs and upper leaded glazing, the right window projecting slightly. The first floor has similar three-light windows with leaded glazing. An entry passage reveals exposed timber-framing. The rear of the building displays the date 1675 scratched into the roughcast, along with various 19th-century additions, including a long workshop range. Inside, there are chamfered beams. This building was the home of William Smith, a haberdasher who is reputed to have been Shakespeare's godfather.