26A And 28, Church Street

26A and 28 Church Street is a shop, now connected with the shop at No. 26, and an office on the first floor (26A). The building dates from the 16th century and was altered in the early 19th century. It features a timber-framed structure with a plastered exterior and a peg-tiled roof. The building has two storeys and an L-shaped plan, with a large rear lateral stack and a carriageway at the eastern end.

The south front elevation has a long jetty that has been cased-in in the early 19th century, although the jetty brackets and joists are still visible. On the ground floor, there is a central 19th-century doorway with an ornate head; the door has upper glazing with 2x2 panes and two lower beaded panels. To the west of the doorway is a large fixed 19th-century window with simple pilasters and thin glazing bars, featuring 6x4 panes. To the east of the doorway is a 19th-century sliding sash window with glazing bars, 4x3 panes, and a moulded architrave. The carriageway is bricked on the west side and timber-framed on the east. There are also 20th-century pairs of folding doors on each side.

On the first floor, there are three sliding sash windows with glazing bars, 4x3 panes, arranged with irregular spacing. The roof shows a break east of the centre, and the upper section of the rear lateral stack is made of 19th-century red brick. The rear (north) elevation features a front range with a rear projecting block that has a hipped roof, with the stack rising behind and 20th-century combed pargetting. The projection on the ground floor has a 20th-century panelled door with glazing and a shaped head, along with a 20th-century casement window. On the first floor, there is one single-light and one two-light 20th-century window, as well as a two-light window above the carriageway.

Inside, the ground floor has been considerably restored. The bridging joist has step-stopped chamfers, and the lateral stack is made of thin red brick from the 16th century, featuring a heavy timber lintel. The rear timber-framed projection encloses the stack, and there is a chamfered door frame between the units below that reflects the roof break. A 19th-century fireplace has been inserted on the eastern side of the older stack. On the first floor, there is a brick arch-headed chamfered fireplace above the one below. The timber framing has been heavily restored, and the roof is of wind-braced side purlin form.