6, 8, AND 10, CHURCH STREET

6, 8, and 10 Church Street are three houses that were formerly one dwelling, dating from the 17th century and incorporating part of a medieval open hall. The buildings have undergone alterations and additions in the 19th and 20th centuries. They feature timber framing, with the ground floor underbuilt in red brick, and painted smooth render on the upper floor between the studwork and on the gable ends. The roof is plain tiled with a central brick ridge stack.

The plan is a linear range with an earlier central lobby entrance, now flanked by lower added bays that are set back at either end. There is a late 20th-century extension to the rear. The front elevation, facing southeast, is two storeys high, with a central three-bay range and single-storey additions on either side. The upper floor has thin scantling framing, closely spaced studs, diagonal tension braces at each corner, and jowled corner posts. The northeast gable of the central range features a shallow curved brace and Flemish bond brickwork on the ground floor, which incorporates vitrified header bricks arranged in a chequer-board pattern. The lower end bays also display a matching pattern of brickwork and framing, with some replacement brickwork at the southwest end.

The main range has a central doorway with a plank door, flanked by stacked three-light casements, each consisting of six panes and set beneath brick soldier arches, with projecting timber cills. The end bays have a two-light casement on each floor, with the northeast bay also featuring a doorway.

The interior has not been inspected but is known to contain items of interest, including the central hearth, spine beams and joists, and the central roof truss of the former open hall, which includes shallow arch bracing and clasped purlins. The building is depicted on an Enclosure map from 1817 and was described as The Workhouse.