3, 5 and 7, Spring Road

Nos. 3, 5 and 7 Spring Road is a row of cottages and a former shop, originally a house, dating from the late 14th century to early 15th century, with later alterations and rear additions, and a 19th-century red brick facade. The building is timber framed, with a brick facing and weatherboarded return and rear wings. It features red plain tiled roofs with black tile diapering and has two rear and one forward red brick chimney stacks. The structure is two storeys high and has a four-window range of small paned vertically sliding sashes with moulded surrounds. The former shop, located on the far right, has a 19th-century four-light window, pilasters, a fascia, and a flat canopy on brackets. The entrances have four-panelled doors with small paned top lights, moulded pilasters, a frieze, a flat canopy on moulded brackets, and patera to the bracket heads.

Inside, No. 3 reveals some heavy timber framing from the 15th or 16th century or earlier. No. 7 retains the original moulded bridging joist from around 1400, with the complete ceiling visible, originally jettied to the road, and each beam, central principal, and bridging joist is moulded with rolls and fillets. A chimney was inserted, likely in the 17th century. Only part of the roof timbers were visible during the resurvey, showing an original crosswing approximately over Nos. 5 and 7. The top plate scarf is splayed halved and bridled from around 1400, with some jowled storey posts visible. No. 7 has a moulded base to the storey post. The other chimney stack appears to have been added when the brick facade was constructed. At the time of the resurvey, there was no entry to No. 5. The property was known as The White Hart around 1760.