39, High Street

This is a timber-framed house dating to circa 1600, with alterations and additions made in the mid-19th century and restoration in the mid-20th century. The house is timber-framed with rendered infill, set on a brick and sandstone base, and features brick refacing and additions. It has plain tiled roofs, partly half-hipped. The original structure comprised four framed bays aligned east/west, although the west bay is lower in height. A chimney with a brick ridge stack is located in the third bay from the east end. A single-bay north wing projects from the second bay, and a 19th-century single-bay south addition extends from the east end. The house has two storeys and an attic, with a dentilled eaves cornice in parts. The timber framing incorporates four panels from sill to wall-plate, with short straight braces visible in some upper corners. The east gable end has a jettied first floor and attic floor supported on shaped brackets, although the upper levels have been refaced in brick. The interior features collar and tie-beam trusses; the main trusses have two collars, with the truss at the east end displaying two struts to the lower collar, two to the upper collar, and a single strut in the apex. The west end truss, possibly belonging to what was an additional bay, has four struts beneath the collar and a V-strut in the apex. The north wing has a gable on its east side with two struts to the collar. The street-facing east elevation features two ground floor 12-pane sash windows with cambered heads on the east gable of the main part, along with a 15-pane first floor sash and an attic light. The south wing to the left has two similar ground floor windows and a first floor 3-light casement. The north side of the main part has a small 2-light first floor window, while the east side of the north wing has an 8-pane sash window and an attic light. Two doors are also on the east side of the north wing; the larger door, with a moulded architrave, serves as the present main entrance, and is positioned beneath the first floor window. A continuous tiled weathering runs beneath this window. The main south elevation of the house includes a 3-light casement and a rectangular light on both floors, a ground floor 4-light casement and a first floor 2-light casement and square light in the west bay. A ledged and battened door and transom light are situated at the junction of the west bay and the main part. A small, gabled 19th-century addition is located in the angle between the main part and the south wing, featuring a 2-light first floor casement. A 19th-century lean-to stands in front of this, with a rectangular light in its south elevation and a door on its west elevation. The interior of the house has not been inspected. The 19th-century wing facing the street was formerly used as a shop.