62-68, CHURCH STREET

No. 62 to 68 Church Street is a house that has been converted into three houses and an office. It dates from the 16th century or earlier, with alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries. The building is timber framed and plastered, with a roof made of handmade red plain tiles and slate. It has a complex plan that forms a hollow parallelogram, with a foot passage running through the middle. Nos. 64 and 66 are located to the right of the passage, while nos. 62 and 68 are to the left.

The building is two storeys high, and the elevation facing Church Street features a two-window range of early 19th-century sashes with 16 lights, made of crown glass. There is a central entrance to the passage, which has an early 19th-century simple doorcase with a moulded pediment supported by profiled brackets, along with one stone step and a cast iron bootscraper; however, there is no door present. The building has a moulded eaves cornice and an underbuilt jetty at the front.

Inside the central passage, there is a 4-centred doorhead that has been altered in the 19th century, along with plain joists of horizontal section. To the left of the passage, there is one 19th-century horizontal sash window with 6+6 lights. At the rear, there are four early 19th-century sashes, each with 16 lights. The rear range has been raised by approximately 0.6 metres, and the roof has been rebuilt with slates. Most of the timber structure is hidden by plaster finishes, and the beams are boxed in, but at each side of no. 62 (on the front left), there are transverse beams with double ogee mouldings that are partly exposed. The building features jowled posts, and no. 62 has an unusual early 19th-century staircase with turned newels, stick balusters, and a moulded handrail attached to the wall.