27-31 MAIN STREET

Three attached houses, originally dating to the early 14th century, have undergone several phases of alteration and addition from the 15th or 16th centuries through to the 20th century. The building is constructed of timber framing, with painted brick infill panels, and Cotswold and local lias stone rubble brought to course. The roofs are thatched on the southern third and covered in plain tiles, with axial and gable end stacks. The rectangular building is aligned roughly north-south.

The north gable end faces the road. The left-hand bay of the east elevation is a stone-built former barn with a three-light window inserted into a former doorway. To the right are two timber-framed bays containing casement windows of two and three lights, and a 20th-century gabled porch with a modern, half-glazed timber door. The upper floor has two, two-light casements from the 19th century, set beneath eyebrow dormers. A partly rendered section of walling to the right of the porch features a two-light casement on each floor, the upper one being a gabled dormer. No. 29 has a 17th-century mullioned stone window of three lights with a hoodmould at ground-floor level, and a 20th-century three-light dormer window in the attic storey. A porch projecting forward of the elevation at the northern end masks a vertical joint in the masonry, although the quoins remain visible. Beyond the porch are a modern uPVC window and a smaller window above the porch. The north gable wall also has a uPVC window to the upper floor.

The left-hand bay of the rear (west) elevation shows a vertical joint in the masonry, beyond which the coursing and type of stone (both Cotswold and blue lias) change. A blocked doorway at ground-floor level has a uPVC window inserted, along with a square blocking incorporating a stone surround of varying thickness, a 17th-century mullioned three-light window, and a single stair-light with a stone surround set higher than the other openings. The three bays to the south have a further blocked doorway, three- and two-light casements, a single light, and a mullioned window of two lights under a timber lintel. Dormers with modern windows and two roof lights are visible in the attic floor.

The interior was not inspected in 2015. No. 27 features an inglenook fireplace with chamfered jambs constructed from Cotswold stone (the right jamb partly rebuilt) and a timber bressumer. Early joinery includes an axial ceiling beam and plank doors. The roof timbers include a full cruck blade bearing a felling date of 1315/16.