No 26 And Adjacent House To South-East Probably No 24

TERLING THE STREET TL 7714 (north-east side) 11/158 No. 26 and adjacent house to south-east, probably no. 24

GV II House, extended to form 2 houses. C15, altered in C16 and C18/C19. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 2-bay hall range facing SW. 2-bay crosswing to left, c.1500, with internal stack at the junction. C19/C20 single-storey range to left, weatherboarded and roofed with red clay pantiles. 2-storey extension to right of hall range, C18/C19, with external stack at gable end. Single-storey range beyond, the front wall of red brick in Flemish bond, the remainder weatherboarded, with low-pitched roof of handmade red clay tiles. Single-storey lean-to extensions to rear of main range. 2 storeys. 4 C20 casements on ground floor, 5 on first floor. One plain boarded door (no. 26), one C20 half-glazed door (unnumbered). The crosswing is jettied to the front, underbuilt. Jowled posts, cambered tiebeams, crownpost roof with straight axial braces. The hall range has a late C16 inserted floor comprising a chamfered axial beam with lamb's tongue stops, and joists (plastered to the soffits) supported on pegged clamps. One chamfered rising brace to the central tiebeam is exposed. The walls have been raised approx. one metre. Interior mainly plastered. Interior inspection of adjacent house to SE refused, March 1985.

Listing NGR: TL7729814973