12 And 14, High Street

Nos. 12 and 14 on High Street are a pair of houses with a shop to the right. They feature 18th-century elements on the High Street side, while the timber frame dates back to the 16th century or earlier. The buildings are timber framed with a plastered exterior, a band, and a parapet. They have red plain tiled roofs that are hipped on both sides and two red brick chimney stacks. The houses are two storeys tall, with a window arrangement of 2:2:1 on the first floor and a 2:2 arrangement on the ground floor, featuring small paned vertically sliding sashes. The shop front to the right is from the 19th or 20th century. There are two six-panelled doors, with the left door now having four lights, revealing panels, moulded surrounds, friezes, and flat canopies on brackets. The internal layout is complex; No. 12 has a medieval timber frame with a visible arch brace supporting the first-floor tie beam, and there may be a crown post above this tie beam, although access to the roof was not possible during the recent survey. The ground floor features a solid brace to the bridging joist and jowled storey posts. The first-floor landing has splat balusters and a moulded handrail.