1, Church Path

This is a house, now used as an office, dating to the 15th century with significant alterations in the 19th century. It comprises two distinct sections. The earlier part, located to the north, is a rectangular block with a peg-tiled roof and a gable facing the street. The east front has a single window range on both the ground and first floors, with 3x4 pane sash windows from the 18th century. An early 19th-century doorway is situated between the ground-floor window and the street, featuring flat hood mouldings and reeded pilasters. The gable has chamfered cusps and original projecting horns. The plastered front retains remnants of panelled basket pargetting. The rear, north side abuts the adjacent property at number 2. A brick lean-to with a slate roof projects from the west end and contains a 2x2 pane casement window on the ground floor, and a late 18th-century sliding sash window on the first floor, also with glazing bars (4x4 panes). Further basket pargetting is visible on the upper plastered wall, mirroring the east front. Inside, the earlier section features a two-bay crown-post roof with stout 2-way bracing to the central crown-post, set on a cambered tie-beam. Cut back mortices and tenons indicate that arched braces were originally present. The southern section is a 19th-century rectangular brick structure, at the junction of Church Path and Church Street. It has a hipped, peg-tiled roof. The principal south frontage, facing onto Church Street, has two windows. The first floor features early 19th-century windows with plain reveals and 3x4 panes. A string course runs along the front. The ground floor now has a single, central, segment-headed window with a key-stone and sash, fitted with marginal panes (3x2 panes). The voussoir above extends equally on each side, aligning with a straight joint in the brickwork, signifying an originally much larger opening, likely a shop front. A voussoired cellar light with a decorative iron grille is located below. The east elevation, facing onto Church Path, has two early 19th-century sash windows with glazing bars (3x4 panes). A string course separates the floors, and a parapet fronts the roof hip. The rear of the property abuts a neighboring building. Ground-floor oak joists in the cellar, dating from the 16th century, are exposed and display diminished soffit tenons, indicating they are remnants of an earlier building on the site.