27, High Street

This is a late 18th or early 19th century house, with extensions added in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is timber-framed, with a plastered facade using a plum prick in Flemish bond and a roof of handmade red clay tiles. The main section faces northwest, with two rear stacks arranged symmetrically and an original rear wing between them, forming a T-shaped plan. A two-storey lean-to extension to the rear right creates a catslide roof, while single-storey extensions to the rear left and centre complete a rectangular plan.

The house has two storeys and attics. The front has two original sash windows on the ground floor, each with six panes and segmental arches featuring a keystone on each. The first floor has two similar sashes, also with six panes, with projecting plain keystones, and a painted imitation sash between them. A central four-panel door has beaded and flush lower panels, a plain overlight, and a doorcase with panelled jambs, a soffit, and a moulded, dentilled pediment, approached by two stone steps. The elevation is symmetrical, with wide eaves featuring a panelled underside.

The right return wall shows red brick in Flemish bond to the first floor, with plaster above. There is a single sash window with six panes on the ground floor, and a 20th-century casement in the attic gable. The rear windows are 19th and 20th-century casements. The stacks have been rebuilt above the roofline.

Inside, behind the front door are a rare pair of original full-height folding shutters. The front ground-floor windows have original double-hung sliding shutters below the sill, with original brass fittings; these are also rare. A 19th-century cast-iron grate with a depressed arch and embossed design is in the right ground-floor room. The original winding staircase from the ground floor to the attics has a chamfered and stop-chamfered newel, moulded handrails, and stick balusters. At the top of the stairs is a door with a hinged glazed panel, alongside a borrowed light window with six panes. A partial original hardwood roof structure remains, incorporating some reused timber.