1, 3 And 3A, High Street

This is a group of three shops with flats above, dating back to the mid-14th century, with subsequent alterations in the 15th and early 19th centuries. The building is timber-framed and rendered, with a plain tile roof, featuring a gable on the north-east side and a half-hipped slope on the south-west. It forms an L-shaped plan.

The exterior presents a rendered timber parapet and four sash windows on the first floor, each with flush moulded surrounds, margin glazing, a plain frieze and cornice. The ground floor houses three shop fronts: the one at No.1 is recessed with a 20th-century bow window, No.3 has a flat-roofed canted bay with plain glass, and No.3A has a plain 20th-century shop front with two large panes, along with three plain 20th-century entrance doors. Two small stacks are visible against the southwest wall, one truncated, and one against the northeast wall, also truncated. A two-story extension of rendered timber-framing with a linked, plain tile gabled roof is located at the rear. This extension has 20th-century casement windows and a late 16th-century stack projecting through the rear roof, with an underbuilt jetty on the northeast face.

The interior of the main block reveals a mid-14th century house comprising a three-bay high-end cross-wing, a two-bay low-end cross-wing, and remnants of a narrow, single-bay open hall. The high-end wing features an internal jetty in the centre bay, forming a bench recess. The front bay was partitioned off, likely as a contemporary shop. The low-end cross-wing originally included a cross-passage with a spered opening to the hall; the two halves of the spere beam remain, one now forming a partition. The frame exhibits wide stud spacing, arched wall bracing, and splayed scarf joists with under-squinted abutments. A crown-post roof survives, particularly over the high-end cross-wing, incorporating jowled posts and longitudinal curved braces, along with reused soot-blackened hall rafters. A roof plate of the hall survives, probably in situ, in the front wall with a large concave chamfer, suggesting the removal of jettied first floors rather than underbuilding. A later extension, probably from the 17th century, is found at the northeast end. A 20th-century flat-roofed extension is also present at the rear, along with a two-story 15th-century extension that was formerly jettied on the northeast side. This extension has massive "Samson" posts with knee braces to bridging joists and spine beams. The first floor was open-framed to the main range, originally with large arch braces to cambered tie beams. This level formerly contained one large chamber and one small chamber.