47, Church Lane

This is a long-wall jetty house, dating to the late 16th or early 17th century. It is timber-framed with rendered walls and a plain tile roof. The building has a three-cell plan with a corridor on the first floor. The front elevation has three bays; the first floor is jettied except for the central bay, which projects and has been underbuilt. The main entrance is to the right of the central bay, and appears to be original based on internal timbers, though it is now sheltered by a 20th-century gabled timber porch. There is a three-light casement window to the left of the entrance, and single-light windows to the remaining two bays on the ground floor. The first floor has 20th-century casement windows inserted into the original openings. A lean-to kitchen was added later to the right-hand gable end and has a three-light ground floor casement. A ridge stack is located slightly left of centre. The left-hand gable end features a two-light first floor window. The rear elevation has a door centrally located to the left, followed by two sets of 20th-century French windows with intersecting Gothic-style glazing bars at the top. The remaining rear facade displays a random pattern of two-light and single-light windows. A lean-to kitchen on the left-hand side incorporates a two-light ground floor window and a small door with strap hinges to the first floor. Internally, the ground floor ceilings have spine beams, with some later 18th-century replacement rafters towards the rear wall. The rear wall is constructed of thin 18th-century timbers with passing braces and brick nogging infill. The chimney breast has recently been clad in Tudor-style bricks, although the original core is of older brick, likely dating to the 18th century. The first floor retains close-studding to the dividing walls between the cells, along with passing braces, blocked holes for the spine beams, and jowled corner posts.