50 And 52, High Street

No. 50 and 52 High Street is a pair of houses dating from the early 17th century, with alterations and additions made in the mid-19th century. The buildings are timber-framed with painted brick infill and some replacement walling, topped by a plain tiled roof. They consist of three framed bays aligned north to south, featuring an external chimney at the north gable end with offsets and a detached brick stack, which is now partly infilled. There are also external chimneys at the rear. The houses are single storey with an attic that includes dormers.

The framing includes three panels from the sill to the wall-plate, with short straight braces in some upper corners, and collar and tie-beam trusses with struts. The west front elevation has two 2-light casements and a 3-light casement with a cambered head on the ground floor, along with three gabled dormers featuring 2-light casements. There are also two 20th-century doors with plank weatherings.

The interior of No. 50 has been inspected and features an intermediate collar and tie-beam truss with raking struts. The main ceiling beams have ogee-stop chamfers, and there is an ogee doorhead in the front wall of the central bay. The attic storey contains some re-used 17th-century panelling and turned balusters from the same period.

Adjoining the west side of the north bay is a mid-19th century two-storey, two-bay addition. This addition has a ground and first floor 3-light casement in its gable end, with the ground floor window being 20th-century and the first floor window having a cambered head. In the angle with the main part of the house, there is a ground floor 3-light casement with a cambered head, a 3-light and a 2-light first floor casement, and a small lean-to with a ledged and battened door. At the junction of the lean-to and the south wall is a tall brick chimney stack, along with a bridge ridge stack.