1 And 3, Robin'S Bridge Road

This is a late 16th-century house, subsequently altered in the 19th and 20th centuries, and now divided into two separate dwellings at 1 and 3 Robin's Bridge Road. The house is timber-framed, with areas of plastering and weatherboarding, and a roof of handmade red plain tiles. The original design comprised a three-bay front range and a two-bay crosswing at the right end. A 19th-century stack is located at the rear of the crosswing. There are several 19th-century single-storey extensions to both the crosswing and the main range, along with 20th-century extensions with flat roofs to the left, rear, and right, and another to the left of the main range constructed of painted brick with a tiled roof and incorporating a stack. Number 1 comprises the main range and associated extensions, while number 3 comprises the crosswing and its extensions.

The front of number 1 has two early 19th-century sashes of 16 lights on the ground floor, one 20th-century casement, and three early 19th-century sashes of 4+8 lights on the first floor, as well as a 20th-century door. Number 3 has one 20th-century sash and one early 19th-century sash of 4+8 lights on the ground and first floors respectively, with a 20th-century door. A weatherboarded dado runs along the right return, with an original 8+8 light sash (the lower row of lights now blocked) on the ground floor. The left gable is also weatherboarded.

Notable timber frame features include jowled posts, with the rear left corner post of the crosswing projecting forward, and near-straight tension braces trenched inside the studding. The left end of the ground floor of the main range has been removed, and the original two left bays have been infilled with studding. Inside the main range, chamfered axial beams with step stops remain, along with plain vertically sectioned joists, damaged by sand-blasting. The framing displays edge-halved and bridled scarfs in the wallplates. Blocked original doorways are visible on the first floor between the bays of the main range and between the main range and the crosswing. The roof is a clasped purlin roof with arched wind-braces, and is ceiled to the soffits of the collars.

A 19th-century hearth, now converted into a cupboard, remains in the rear extension of number 1, with the original stack having been demolished. In the crosswing, the right end of the binding beam has been raised by approximately 0.23 metres to compensate for settlement, and the joists are ceiled to the soffits. A 20th-century grate is set within the 19th-century stack. An early 19th-century corner cupboard of pine, attached to the building, is located in the front right corner of the ground floor, featuring a fretted segmental head (doors are missing). Two 18th-century small, battened doors with reused hinges (one butterfly, one strap and ride) are also present. Cambered tiebeams are visible, and the posts of the middle truss are unjowled.