13, High Street

House, now offices, dating to the late 17th and early 18th centuries, with alterations in the early 19th and 20th centuries. The building is timber-framed, with plaster infill, and a roof covered in hand-made red clay tiles. It has three bays facing northwest, with a carriage-way at the left end and lean-to extensions to the rear. The house is two storeys high. The front has two 20th-century sash windows with two and two panes of glass on each floor. A 20th-century double door, with glazing, is set within a 20th-century imitation doorcase featuring simple pilasters and a dentilled pediment. Double vehicle gates are located within the carriage-way. An external stack belonging to the neighbouring property, No.13A Berkeley House, is partly obscured by the roof at the right end, with a cement-rendered finish. The roof is hipped at the left end. A plain boarded door, likely dating from the early 19th century or earlier, is located to the right of the carriage-way. The rear elevation includes an early 19th-century sash window with four and four panes of glass, partly cut into the roof of the lean-to. A fixed window with eight panes of glass (including marginal lights) is also present, partially obscured by the lean-to. Above the carriage-way are two early 20th-century sash windows with four and one panes of glass. The lean-to extensions have 20th-century casement windows. Over the carriage-way is a stop-chamfered spine beam with run-out stops. The frame is hardwood, largely concealed by plaster. In the early 19th century, this building served as the service range for Berkeley House (to the right) and retains some features from that period, including two rear windows. The structure suggests the building existed in a different form earlier. Berkley Cottage to the rear (not included in the listing) was formerly the coach house.