13 And 15, London Road

Three identical houses, now two dwellings, were originally built in the 15th century and altered in the 17th century, with 20th-century extensions added later. The houses are timber-framed and rendered, with 20th-century pargeting and a continuous gabled plain tile roof. A stack is located at the south-east end, and another runs along the ridgeline near the north-west end.

The houses are one storey and attic, with a four-window front. There are three gabled dormers, each with a two-light casement window with a central horizontal glazing bar. Below the eaves are two small plate-glass windows. The ground floor features two entrance doors and four sash windows with moulded surrounds and two vertical glazing bars, along with another small plate-glass window. A further stack is present on the rear, and a two-light casement window is set into the gable on the north-west flank. A lean-to extension is attached to No. 13, and a flat-roofed extension is attached to No. 15.

The interior reveals original 15th-century timber framing with jowled posts and remnants of a simple crown-post roof. Originally, each house had an open hall and one service room on a single storey. Curved wall braces were once present on cross walls, extending from post jowls to a central stud; some bracing remains. In the early 17th century, an inglenook stack with a timber mantel beam and a floor were inserted into No. 15, featuring a stop-chamfered bridging joist and spine beams. A different floor was later added to No. 13, with broad tenoned joists running to a bridging joist and lambs-tongue stops (possibly reused). A stack was also added to the south-east end at this time. The north-west end of the terrace has been truncated, but a reused rafter exhibits a secret notched lap mortise dating from the 13th or 14th century.

The houses were likely a speculative development and may have been part of the Wentworth Charity holdings from 1634. A detail, the offsetting of braces to allow for a door, is also found in the Vicarage of the Church of All Saints, Church Walk.