Ardleigh Fish And Chips

Ardleigh Fish and Chips is a house and shop that dates back to the 16th century or earlier, with later additions and alterations. The building is primarily timber-framed and plastered, featuring some weatherboarding. It has a red plain tiled roof that is hipped, with a gablet on the right side of the left return. The structure is in an L shape, with a one-storey front shop range and external chimney stacks located to the right and forward off the centre on the left. There is a two-storey rear range that includes a chimney stack from a late 19th-century extension.

The front of the building facing the road has four windows; two are small fixed windows from the 20th century, and two are small-paned windows topped with pediments on brackets. The left return has four 20th-century first-floor windows and five 20th-century ground-floor windows. There is a glazed 20th-century shop door adjacent to the road, along with right and left 20th-century porches that have red tiled roofs and 20th-century doors.

Much of the interior frame is covered, but the bay next to the shop was originally jettied towards the road and features a moulded ceiling and bridging joists with run-out stops. The roof structure is of side-purlin construction and is pegged at the ridge. Inside the shop, there is a stop-chamfered bridging joist and a corner cupboard from the 18th century. Samuel Francis, a wheelwright, lived in this building in 1796.