110 AND 110A, HIGH STREET

BRENTWOOD

TQ5993 HIGH STREET 723-1/12/71 (South side) 29/05/75 Nos.110 AND 110A (Formerly Listed as: HIGH STREET Nos.108, 110 AND 110A)

GV II

House now shop and restaurant; rooms and offices above. Early C16, early C19 and C20. Timber-framed with early C19 plastered facade continuing from No.108 (qv) with moulded cornice band. 2 storeys, behind parapet are 2 roofs, one parallel and one at right angles to the street with stack between them, peg tile and slate. Ground floor, two C19 shop fronts but considerably altered in C20. No.110 nearest to original form. 2 window range on first floor with horned sashes and glazing bars, both windows 4x4 panes. Rear elevation considerably masked by 2 storey extensions to Hart Street, mainly C19 and C20 and not of special interest and not included in this listing. INTERIOR: No.110 is a 2 bay E cross-wing of an H-plan hall house. Ground floor ceiling joist at right angles to street of heavy scantling and probably originally jettied to street (boxed in bressumer). Central storey post on E side, stud mortices and wattle groove for half depth partition, turning at right angles in rear bay defining a passage on W side to back. Partition stopped short of rear wall for doorway from passage to next bay. The system is appropriate for a medieval shop to the front with rear overshot' cross-passage. On first floor a fragment of a brace from visible central storey post rises to a tie-beam with 2-way crown post now sealed above ceiling. Roof complete with end braced collar purlin, some chamfer decoration on slightly cambered tie-beam. Soot incrustation on the outer face of the W wall plate denotes the original presence of an open hall on site of No.110A, now completely rebuilt with roof of low pitch in softwood. The roof of No.110 is remarkable similar to that of No.112 (qv) but of slighter scantling. This, together with the cross-passage partitioning and front shop shows it to be thelow', service end of a medieval hall house, No.112 being the `high' end cross-wing. Nos 108-114 even (qv) and No.120 (qv) form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ5920793666